Vertical axis rotations across the Puna plateau (northwestern Argentina) from paleomagnetic analysis of Cretaceous and Cenozoic rocks

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B10, 1999, Pages 22965-22984

  Coutand, Isabelle ^a,c   Chauvin, Annick ^a,c   Cobbold, Peter Robert ^a,c   Gautier, Pierre ^a,c   Roperch, Pierrick ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; CRETACEOUS; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONICS;

ARGENTINA; PUNA PLATEAU;

EID: 0033543826     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900148     Document Type: Article

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