Evaluation of the Baja controversy using paleomagnetic and faunal data, plume magmatism, and piercing points

Tectonophysics

Volumn 339, Issue 3-4, 2001, Pages 427-442

  Duncan Keppie, J ^a   Dostal, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baja British Columbia; Faunal provinces; Paleomagnetism; Piercing points; Plume magmatism; Terrane tracks

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PALEOBIOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TERRANE;

EID: 0035203866     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00126-3     Document Type: Article

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