Evolution of Pangea: Paleomagnetic constraints from the Southern Alps, Italy

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 140, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 97-112

  Muttoni, Giovanni ^a,b   Kent, Dennis V ^a   Channell, James E T ^c  

^a International Research Institute for Climate and Society   (United States)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent polar wandering; Lombardy Italy; Paleomagnetism; Pangaea; Triassic; Val Sabbia Sandstone

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDERING; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PANGAEA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIASSIC;

ITALY, ALPS;

EID: 0030446160     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(96)00038-6     Document Type: Article

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