Paleomagnetic reconstruction of the Cenozoic evolution of the Eastern Mediterranean

Tectonophysics

Volumn 362, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 199-217

  Kissel, C ^a   Lai, C ^a   Poisson, A ^b   Gorur N ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Anatolia; Cenozoic; Pole

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC ROTATION;

(EAST); ANATOLIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; TURKEY;

EID: 0037421675     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00638-8     Document Type: Article

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