Revisiting the paleomagnetism of the 1.476 Ga St. Francois Mountains igneous province, Missouri

Tectonics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 1-1-1-19

  Meert, Joseph G ^a   Stuckey, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mesoproterozoic; Paleomagnetism; Reconstructions; St. Francois Mountains; Supercontinents

Indexed keywords

LATITUDE; LAURENTIA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; VIRTUAL GEOMAGNETIC POLE;

MISSOURI; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT FRANCOIS MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242401718     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000TC001265     Document Type: Article

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