Palaeomagnetism of the lower ordovician orthoceras limestone, St. Petersburg, and a revised drift history for baltica in the early palaeozoic

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 44-56

  Smethurst, Mark A ^a   Khramov, Alexey N ^b   Pisarevsky, Sergei ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b All Russ Petrol Sci Res Geol E   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

APW (apparent polar wander); Limestone; Ordovician; Palaeomagnetism; St. Petersburg

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, ST PETERSBURG;

EID: 0031848615     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.1331463.x     Document Type: Article

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