Synfolding remagnetization and deformation: Results from Palaeozoic sedimentary rocks in West Virginia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 266-279

  Lewchuk, Michael T ^a   Evans, Mark ^b   Elmore, R Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation; Palaecomagnetism; Permian; Stress distribution; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FOLDING; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOSTRESS; PALEOZOIC; PERMIAN; REMAGNETIZATION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037328013     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01820.x     Document Type: Article

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