Neogene remagnetization of normal polarity in the Late Jurassic black shales from the southern Subalpine Chains (French Alps). Evidence for late anticlockwise rotations

Tectonophysics

Volumn 308, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 473-486

  Aubourg, Charles ^a   Chabert Pelline, Corinne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CERGY PONTOISE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Anticlockwise rotations; Neogene remagnetization; Paleomagnetism; Subalpine Chains

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALE; JURASSIC; NEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMAGNETIZATION;

FRANCE;

EID: 0032721180     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00145-6     Document Type: Article

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