Magnitude and timing of New Hebrides Arc rotation: Paleomagnetic evidence from Nendo, Solomon Islands

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B2, 1999, Pages 2841-2853

  Musgrave, Robert J ^a   Firth, John V ^b  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

SOLOMON ISLANDS;

EID: 0033540722     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998jb900080     Document Type: Article

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