The puzzle of axis-normal magnetic lineations in folded low-grade sediments (Bude Formation, SW England)

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 238, Issue , 2004, Pages 175-190

  Anderson, Mark W ^a   Morris, Antony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; LINEATION; MAGNETIC FABRIC; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

CORNWALL [ENGLAND]; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 12844280554     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.238.01.12     Document Type: Article

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