Palaeomagnetic results from remagnetized mid-Cretaceous (Albian-Cenomanian) strata of northeastern Venezuela

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 337-350

  Costanzo Alvarez, V ^a   Williams, W ^b   Pilloud, A ^c   Miron O ^b,d   Aldana, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c PDVSA INTEVEP   (Venezuela)

^d BP Exploration Venezuela   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Chemical remanent magnetization; Cretaceous; Palaeomagnetism; Rock magnetism; Spectral analysis; Transition zone

Indexed keywords

ALBIAN; CENOMANIAN; CRETACEOUS; PALEOMAGNETISM;

VENEZUELA;

EID: 0034023138     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00106.x     Document Type: Article

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