Transitional field clusters from uppermost Oligocene volcanic rocks in the central Walker Lane, western Nevada

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 207-238

  Petronis, Michael S ^a   Geissman, John W ^a   McIntosh, William C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Candelaria Hills; Transitional fields; Virtual paleomagnetic poles (VGPs); Volcanic rocks; Western Nevada

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC REVERSAL; OLIGOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; POLAR WANDERING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WALKER LANE;

EID: 1642423813     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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