Syn-folding remagnetization of Cambro-Ordovician carbonates from the Pennsylvania Salient post-dates oroclinal rotation

Tectonophysics

Volumn 422, Issue 1-4, 2006, Pages 41-54

  Cederquist, Donald P ^a   Van der Voo, Rob ^a   van der Pluijm, Ben A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbonate rocks; Pennsylvania; Remagnetization; Rotations

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; FOLDING; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMAGNETIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746310101     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.05.005     Document Type: Article

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