Paleomagnetic results from Saudi Arabia and the Permo-Triassic Pangea configuration

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 553-567

  Torcq, F ^a   Besse, J ^a   Vaslet, D ^b   Marcoux, J ^a   Ricou, L E ^a   Halawani, M ^c   Basahel, M ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b Service Géologique National   (France)

^c Direct General of Mineral Resources   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Paleomagnetism; Pangea; Permian; Tethys; Triassic

Indexed keywords

PALAEOMAGNETISM; PANGAEA; PERMIAN; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TRIASSIC;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0030862698     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(97)00047-2     Document Type: Article

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