Late Mesoproterozoic magnetostratigraphic results from Siberia: Paleogeographic implications and magnetic field behavior

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 105, Issue B7, 2000, Pages 16481-16499

  Gallet, Yves ^a,d   Pavlov, Vladimir E ^b   Semikhatov, Mikhail A ^c   Petrov, Peter Yu ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^c GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SIBERIA;

EID: 0034631645     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900354     Document Type: Article

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