The Guiana and the West African Shield Palaeoproterozoic grouping: New palaeomagnetic data for French Guiana and the Ivory Coast

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 677-694

  Nomade, Sébastien ^a   Chen, Yan ^b   Pouclet, André ^b   Féraud, Gilbert ^c   Théveniaut, Hervé ^d   Daouda, Bertin Yao ^e   Vidal, Max ^b   Rigolet, Cécile ^b  

^a BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^d BRGM   (France)

^e Direction de la Geologie/des Mines   (France)

Author keywords

APW; French Guiana; Ivory Coast; Palaeomagnetism; Palaeoproterozoic

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; CRATON; MAGNETITE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PETROGRAPHY; PROTEROZOIC;

COTE D'IVOIRE; FRENCH GUIANA;

EID: 0141745907     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01972.x     Document Type: Article

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