Conical folds and apparent rotations in paleomagnetism (a case study in the Southern Pyreenes)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 362, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 345-366

  Pueyo, E L ^a,b   Pares J M ^c   Millan H ^a   Pocovi A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Apparent rotations; Conical folds; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

FOLDING; MODELING; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC ROTATION;

EUROPE; PYRENEES;

EID: 0037421676     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00645-5     Document Type: Article

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