Paleomagnetic study of Jurassic and Cretaceous rocks from the Mixteca terrane (Mexico)

Journal of South American Earth Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 545-556

  Böhnel, Harald ^a  

^a CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; CRETACEOUS; JURASSIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

MEXICO;

EID: 0343775692     PISSN: 08959811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-9811(99)00038-3     Document Type: Article

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