Rapid rotation of Fiji: Paleomagnetic evidence and tectonic implications

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B3, 2000, Pages 5771-5781

  Taylor, Graeme K ^a   Gascoyne, Jon ^b   Colley, Howard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b Geoservices International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; QUATERNARY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC ROTATION;

FIJI;

EID: 0034629176     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900305     Document Type: Article

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