Paleomagnetic evidence of localized vertical axis rotation during Neogene extension, Sierra San Fermín, northeastern Baja California, Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 103, Issue B2, 1998, Pages 2455-2470

  Lewis, Claudia J ^a,c   Stock, Joann M ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIS ROTATION; EXTENSION; NEOGENE; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

BAJA CALIFORNIA; MEXICO; SIERRA SAN FERMIN;

EID: 0031854340     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97jb02673     Document Type: Article

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