Magnetostratigraphy of Palaeocene basalts from the Vaigat Formation of West Greenland

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 774-782

  Riisager, Peter ^a,b   Abrahamsen, Niels ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b DANISH LITHOSPHERE CENTRE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic reversal; Magnetostratigraphy; Palaeocene; Palaeomagnetism; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

BASALT; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM;

GREENLAND;

EID: 0032882719     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00830.x     Document Type: Article

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