Paleomagnetism of Paleozoic strata, Brabant and Ardennes Massifs, Belgium: Implications of prefolding and postfolding Late Carboniferous secondary magnetizations for European apparent polar wander

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 15799-15818

  Molina Garza, Roberto S ^a   Zijderveld, J D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Paleomagnetic Laboratory Utrecht   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER; CARBONIFEROUS; DEVONIAN; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

BELGIUM, ARDENNES; BELGIUM, BRABANT MASSIF;

EID: 0030502615     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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