Variations in the anisotropy of the magnetic susceptibility (AMS) in the early jurassic holyoke flow basalt of the Hartford rift valley (CT and MA): Magnetic evidence for internal deformation during cooling

Northeastern Geology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 231-237

  de Boer, Jelle Zeilinga ^a   Barnes, Jason B ^b   Ernst, Richard E ^c  

^a WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c Ernst Geosciences   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASALT; COOLING; DEFORMATION; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC METHOD; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; RIFT ZONE;

HARTFORD BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748641993     PISSN: 01941453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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