Early Proterozoic geomagnetic field in western Laurentia: Implications for paleolatitudes, local rotations and stratigraphy

Precambrian Research

Volumn 129, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 251-270

  Irving, E ^a   Baker, J ^a   Hamilton, M ^a   Wynne, P J ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Baddeleyite age; Cleaver Dykes; Magnetostratigraphy; Paleomagnetism; Rotations

Indexed keywords

LEAD; URANIUM;

DIKE SWARM; LAURENTIA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TECTONIC ROTATION;

ALTITUDE; CONFERENCE PAPER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; ROCK; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

EID: 1542328947     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2003.10.002     Document Type: Conference Paper

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