Palaeomagnetism of the c.440 Ma Cape St Mary's sills of the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland: implications for Iapetus Ocean closure

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 155-164

  Hodych, Joseph P ^a   Buchan, Kenneth L ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORDOVICIAN; PALEOMAGNETISM;

CANADA;

EID: 0032426265     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1998.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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