Pervasive late Paleozoic-Triassic remagnetization of miogeoclinal carbonate rocks in the Basin and Range and vicinity, SW USA: Regional results and possible tectonic implications

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 95-120

  Gillett, Stephen L ^a   Karlin, Robert E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Cordillera; Mesozoic; Paleozoic; Remagnetization; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOZOIC; REMAGNETIZATION; TECTONIC SETTING; TRIASSIC;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 1442360469     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.11.001     Document Type: Article

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