Discordant paleomagnetic data for middle-Cretaceous intrusive rocks from northern Baja California: Latitude displacement, tilt, or vertical axis rotation?

Tectonics

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 13-1-13-12

  Böhnel, Harald ^a   Delgado Argote, Luis A ^b   Kimbrough, David L ^c  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baja California; Cretaceous; Geochronology; Intrusive rocks; Paleogeography; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DIKE SWARM; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLUTON; TECTONIC ROTATION;

BAJA CALIFORNIA STATE; MEXICO;

EID: 0036823389     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001TC001298     Document Type: Article

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