New paleomagnetic Mesozoic data from the Algarve (Portugal): Fast rotation of Iberia between the Hauterivian and the Aptian

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 689-701

  Moreau, Marie Gabrielle ^a   Berthou, Jacques Yves ^b   Malod, Jacques André ^c  

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

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

Author keywords

Iberian peninsula; Mesozoic; Paleomagnetism; Plate rotation

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PLATE ROTATION;

PORTUGAL, ALGARVE;

EID: 0030873842     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(96)00239-7     Document Type: Article

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