Determination of flow directions by combining AMS and thin-section analyses: Implications for Oligocene volcanism in the Kerguelen Archipelago (southern Indian Ocean)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 63-78

  Plenier, G ^a,b   Camps, P ^a   Henry, B ^c   Ildefonse, B ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Anisotropy; Kerguelen Archipelago; Lava flows; Magnetic susceptibility; Shape preferential orientation

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; OLIGOCENE;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KERGUELEN ISLANDS; OCEANIC REGIONS; WORLD;

EID: 13344279381     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02488.x     Document Type: Article

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