Paleomagnetism and 40Ar/39Sr dating of the early Cretaceous Florianopolis dike swarm (Santa Catarina Island), Southern Brazil

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 275-290

  Raposo, Maria Irene Bartolomeu ^a   Ernesto, Marcia ^c   Renne, Paul Randall ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DIKE SWARM; MAGMATISM; PALEOMAGNETISM; RIFTING; TECTONICS;

BRAZIL, SANTA CATARINA;

EID: 0032144748     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-9201(98)00102-2     Document Type: Article

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