Paleomagnetism, rock-magnetism and geochemical aspects of early Cretaceous basalts of the Paraná Magmatic Province, Misiones, Argentina

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1283-1293

  Mena, Mabel ^a,b   Orgeira, María Julia ^a,b   Lagorio, Silvia ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

basalts; Cretaceous; Paleomagnetism; Paranv Magmatic Province; rock magnetism

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; OUTCROP; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; ROCK PROPERTY; VOLCANISM;

ARGENTINA; MISIONES [ARGENTINA]; PARANA BASIN; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846043651     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352623     Document Type: Article

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