Paleomagnetic dating of the smectite-to-illite conversion: Testing the hypothesis in Jurassic sedimentary rocks, Skye, Scotland

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 5, 2002, Pages

  Woods, Sharon D ^a   Elmore, R D ^a   Engel, M H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dating smectite diagenesis; Remagnetization

Indexed keywords

CLAY; DIAGENESIS; ILLITE; JURASSIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SMECTITE;

SCOTLAND (HIGHLAND); SKYE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0037053559     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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