A reconnaissance magnetostratigraphy of Georgian Plio-Quaternary volcanic provinces (southern Caucasus)

Geofisica Internacional

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 111-119

  Goguitchaichvili, Avto ^a   Calvo Rathert, Manuel ^b   Sologashvili, Jemal ^c   Morales, Juan ^a   Soler, Ana María ^a   Espinosa, Martín ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^c TBILISI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Georgia)

Author keywords

Magnetostratigraphy; Palaeomagnetism; Pliocene; Southern caucasus

Indexed keywords

EID: 27844524700     PISSN: 00167169     EISSN: 2954436X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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