Anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility in a Palaeozoic flysch basin: The Windermere Supergroup, northern England

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 1996, Pages 235-258

  Piper, J D A ^a   Elliot, M T ^a   Kneller, B C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY OF MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; FLYSCH; ORDOVICIAN; PALAEOFLOW DIRECTION; ROCK MAGNETISM; SILURIAN;

UK, ENGLAND, CUMBRIA, WINDERMERE BASIN;

EID: 0030423647     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(96)00011-5     Document Type: Article

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