Palaeomagnetic results from the Lopra-1/1A re-entry well, Faroe Islands

Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 9, 2006, Pages 51-65

  Abrahamsen, Niels ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Faroe Islands; Large igneous province; Lopra 1 1A well; Magnetic reversals; North Atlantic; Palaeomagnetism; Plate tectonics; Rock magnetism

Indexed keywords

LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE TECTONICS; ROCK PROPERTY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS;

EID: 33748454427     PISSN: 16048156     EISSN: 19044666     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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