Palaeomagnetism of Eocene Talerua Member lavas on Hareøen, West Greenland

Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-38

  Schmidt, Anne G ^a   Riisager, Peter ^b,c   Abrahamsen, Niels ^d   Riisager, Janna ^b   Pedersen, Asger Ken ^b   van der Voo, Rob ^e  

^a MAERSK OIL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic polarity; North Atlantic igneous province; Palaeomagnetism; Paleogene; Volcanics; West Greenland

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645417781     PISSN: 00116297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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