Paleomagnetic study of the Juiz de Fora Complex, SE Brazil: Implications for Gondwana

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 103-113

  D'Agrella Filho, Manoel Souza ^a   Raposo, Maria Irene Bartolomeu ^a   Egydio Silva, Marcos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brasiliano orogeny; Correction of ChRM for AMS effect; High grade metamorphic rocks; Juiz de Fora Complex; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; GRANODIORITE; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MIGMATITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; SHEAR ZONE;

BRAZIL; JUIZ DE FORA; MINAS GERAIS;

EID: 0742270548     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70309-9     Document Type: Article

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