Obduction-related remagnetization at the base of an ophiolite: Paleomagnetism of the Samail nappe lower sequence and of its continental substratum, southeast Oman Mountains

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B8, 1999, Pages 17703-17714

  Feinberg, Hugues ^a,c   Horen, Hélène ^a,c   Michard, André ^a,c   Saddiqi, Omar ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES AIN CHOCK   (Morocco)

^c LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC PROPERTY; OBDUCTION; OPHIOLITE; REMAGNETIZATION;

OMAN; OMAN MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0033429878     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900171     Document Type: Article

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