Magnetostratigraphy of the Zobzit and Koudiat Zarga sections (Taza-Guercif basin, Morocco): Implications for the evolution of the Rifian Corridor

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 359-371

  Krijgsman, W ^a   Langereis, C G ^a  

^a Paleomagnetic Laboratory Utrecht   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY;

ASTRONOMY; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; PETROLEUM DEPOSITS; ROCK MECHANICS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

BASIN EVOLUTION; FOREDEEP; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

MOROCCO;

EID: 0033999796     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(99)00029-X     Document Type: Article

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