Palaeomagnetism of 935 Ma mafic dykes in southern Sweden and implications for the Sveconorwegian Loop

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 166, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1095-1104

  Pisarevsky, S A ^a   Bylund, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltica; Mafic dykes; Palaeomagnetism; Sveconorwegian; Sweden

Indexed keywords

BALTICA; DIKE; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; LAURENTIA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; SVECONORWEGIAN OROGENY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 33747689115     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03076.x     Document Type: Article

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