Palaeomagnetic study of Lower Jurassic marine strata from the Neuquén Basin, Argentina: A new Jurassic apparent polar wander path for South America

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 252, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 379-397

  Llanos, María Paula Iglesia ^a   Riccardi, Alberto Carlos ^b   Singer, Silvia Elisabet ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Jurassic; Neuqu n; palaeomagnetism

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; JURASSIC; MARINE STRATA; PALAEOMAGNETISM; POLAR WANDER PATH;

MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; JURASSIC; MAGNETIZATION; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMAGNETIZATION; TITANOMAGNETITE;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMMONOIDEA;

EID: 33751165739     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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