Palaeomagnetism and magnetic fabric in the Freetown complex, Sierra Leone

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 705-713

  Hargraves, R B ^a   Briden, J C ^b   Daniels, B A ^b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Igneous petrology; Magnetic fabric; Palaeomagnetism

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; ORIENTATION; PALEOMAGNETISM;

SIERRA LEONE;

EID: 0032916930     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00760.x     Document Type: Article

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