Paleomagnetic directions in Late Precambrian glaciomarine sediments of the Mirbat Sandstone Formation, Oman

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 175, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 181-190

  Kempf, Oliver ^a,b   Kellerhals, Philipp ^a   Lowrie, William ^a   Matter, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arabian Shield; Glaciation; Glaciomarine sedimentation; Paleomagnetism; Pole positions; Precambrian

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; PALEOMAGNETISM; POLAR WANDERING; PRECAMBRIAN;

OMAN;

EID: 0034652671     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(99)00307-6     Document Type: Article

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