Paleomagnetism of Upper Triassic continental sedimentary rocks from the Dan River-Danville rift basin (eastern North America)

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 366-377

  Kent, Dennis V ^a   Olsen, Paul E ^a  

^a Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; HEMATITE; MAGNETIC POLARITY; MAGNETITE; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CLOCKWISE ROTATION; COLORADO PLATEAU; EASTERN NORTH AMERICA; GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY TIME SCALE; NORTH CAROLINA; PALEOMAGNETIC POLES; THERMAL DEMAGNETIZATION; UPPER TRIASSIC; MAGNETOZONES; RIFT BASIN; SAMPLING SITE;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRATON; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIZATION; MUDSTONE; PALEOMAGNETISM; RIFT ZONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TRIASSIC; CONTINENTAL DEPOSIT; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PALEOPOLE;

CAROLINA; DAN RIVER [UNITED STATES]; PUERTO RICO; UNITED STATES; VIRGINIA; DAN RIVER-DANVILLE BASIN; NORTH CAROLINA; USA;

EID: 0030886170     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0366:POUTCS>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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