Paleomagnetism in Mesozoic rocks of the Northern Andes and its implications in Mesozoic tectonics of northwestern South America

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1255-1272

  Bayona, Germán ^a   Rapalini, Augusto E ^b   Costanzo Alvarez, Vincenzo ^c  

^a Corporación Geológica Ares ^*  (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD SIMÓN BOLÍVAR   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Jurassic; Northern Andes; Paleomagnetism; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; IGNEOUS ROCK; JURASSIC; MESOZOIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; ROCK PROPERTY; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIASSIC;

ANDES; GUYANA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33846074099     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352621     Document Type: Article

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