Magnetic polarity stratigraphy and paleolatitude of the Triassic-Jurassic Blomidon Formation in the Fundy basin (Canada): Implications for early Mesozoic tropical climate gradients

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 311-324

  Kent, Dennis V ^a,b   Olsen, Paul E ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetostratigraphy; Minas Basin; Paleoclimatology; Paleolatitude; Triassic

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; STRATIGRAPHY; TRIASSIC;

CANADA;

EID: 0033925922     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(00)00117-5     Document Type: Article

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