Paleomagnetic constraints on the age of the Botucatu Formation in Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil

Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 591-605

  Tamrat, Endale ^a   Ernesto, Marcia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Botucatu Formation; Late Jurassic; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetostratigraphy; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748579936     PISSN: 00013765     EISSN: 00013765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0001-37652006000300016     Document Type: Article

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