Early Permian Pangea 'B' to Late Permian Pangea 'A'

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 215, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 379-394

  Muttoni, Giovanni ^a   Kent, Dennis V ^b,c   Garzanti, Eduardo ^d   Brack, Peter ^e   Abrahamsen, Niels ^f   Gaetani, Maurizio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^e ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Paleomagnetism; Pangea; Permian; Southern Alps

Indexed keywords

PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PANGAEA; PERMIAN; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EID: 0142228691     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(03)00452-7     Document Type: Article

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