Palaeomagnetism of Late Miocene to Quaternary volcanics from the eastern segment of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt

Tectonophysics

Volumn 318, Issue 1-4, 2000, Pages 217-233

  Ruiz Martinez V C ^a   Osete, M L ^a   Vegas, R ^a   Nunez Aguilar J I ^a   Urrutia Fucugauchi, J ^b   Tarling, D H ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Block rotations; Palaeomagnetism; Tectonics; Trans Mexican Volcanic Belt; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; QUATERNARY; TECTONIC ROTATION; TECTONICS;

MEXICO;

EID: 0343341227     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(99)00313-3     Document Type: Article

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