Low-latitude and multiple geomagnetic reversals in the Neoproterozoic Puga cap carbonate, Amazon craton

Terra Nova

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 441-446

  Trindade, Ricardo I F ^a   Font, E ^a,b   D'Agrella Filho, M S ^a   Nogueira, A C R ^a,c   Riccomini, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC;

AMAZON CRATON; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0346640374     PISSN: 09544879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3121.2003.00510.x     Document Type: Article

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