Paleomagnetism of the Duke Island, Alaska, ultramafic complex revisited

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B9, 2001, Pages 19259-19269

  Butler, Robert F ^a   Gehrels, George E ^a   Saleeby, Jason B ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MAGNETIZATION; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

ALASKA; DUKE ISLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034777729     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb000531     Document Type: Article

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