How far between Iran and Eurasia was the Turan plate during Triassic-Jurassic times?

Geologie en Mijnbouw

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 73-82

  Lemaire, M M ^a   Westphal, M ^a   Gurevitch, E L ^b   Nazarov, K ^c   Feinberg, H ^d   Pozzi, J P ^d  

^a UMR 7063   (France)

^b All Russia Research Institute of Oil and Geological Prospecting   (Russian Federation)

^c Academy of Sciences   (Turkmenistan)

^d ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Cimmerian; Paleomagnetism; Tethys; Turkmenistan

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; PALAEOLATITUDE; PALAEOMAGNETISM; TRIASSIC; TURAN PLATE;

TURKMENISTAN;

EID: 0031426663     PISSN: 00167746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1003129028277     Document Type: Article

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