The palaeolatitude controversy in the Silurian of Newfoundland resolved: New palaeomagnetic results from the central mobile belt

Tectonophysics

Volumn 362, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 83-104

  Smethurst, M A ^a   McEnroe, S A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Rocks; Sediments; Silurian

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC INCLINATION; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SILURIAN;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND;

EID: 0037421735     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00632-7     Document Type: Article

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