New African Lower Carboniferous paleomagnetic pole from intrusive rocks of the Tin Serririne basin (Southern border of the Hoggar, Algeria)

Tectonophysics

Volumn 418, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 189-203

  Derder, M E M ^a   Henry, B ^b   Bayou, B ^a   Ouabadi, A ^c   Bellon, H ^d   Djellit, H ^a   Khaldi, A ^e   Amenna, M ^a   Baziz, K ^f   Hemmi, A ^a   Guemache, M A ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche en Astronomie Astrophysique et Geophysique   (Algeria)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY HOUARI BOUMEDIENE   (Algeria)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE OCCIDENTALE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF JIJEL   (Algeria)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BEJAIA   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Apparent Polar Wander Path (APWP); Dolerites; Gondwana; Lower Carboniferous; Sahara craton

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CRATON; DEVONIAN; DIABASE; GEODYNAMICS; GONDWANA; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PERMIAN; REMAGNETIZATION; TECTONIC SETTING;

AFRICA; ALGERIA; HOGGAR; NORTH AFRICA; SAHARA; TIN SERRIRINE BASIN;

EID: 33646564646     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.02.002     Document Type: Article

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