The stratoid granites of central Madagascar: Paleomagnetism and further age constraints on neoproterozoic deformation

Precambrian Research

Volumn 120, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 101-129

  Meert, Joseph G ^a,b,c   Nédélec, Anne ^c   Hall, Chris ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Norwegian Geological Survey   (Norway)

^c Environmental Research Observatory (ORE) HYBAM Centre IRD d'Ile de France   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; East African Orogen; Kuunga Orogen; Madagascar; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; DEFORMATION; GRANITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; REMAGNETIZATION; TECTONIC ROTATION;

ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPHERIC UPWELLING; DATA ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL ERA; GRANITE; MADAGASCAR; MAGNETISM; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; SAMPLING;

MADAGASCAR;

EID: 0037428113     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-9268(02)00161-4     Document Type: Article

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