Paleomagnetic Study of Lavas from the Popocatepetl Volcanic Region, Central Mexico

International Geology Review

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 210-225

  Conte, G ^a   Urrutia Fucugauchi, J ^a   Goguitchaichvili, A ^a   Soler Arechalde, A M ^a   Morton Bermea, O ^a   Incoronato, Alberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERN; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; POPOCATEPETL VOLCANO; PUEBLA [MEXICO];

EID: 1842634157     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.46.3.210     Document Type: Article

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