Palaeomagnetism of Permian and Triassic red beds of NW Spain and implications for the tectonic evolution of the Asturian-Cantabrian Arc

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 893-901

  Pares J M ^a   Van Der Voo, R ^b   Stamatakos, J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Palaeomagnetism; Permian; Tectonics; Triassic

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PERMIAN; RED BED; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIASSIC;

SPAIN, ASTURIAN-CANTABRIAN ARC;

EID: 0030480148     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb04711.x     Document Type: Article

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