Rock magnetic evidence for inclination shallowing in the Passaic Formation red beds from the Newark basin and a systematic bias of the Late Triassic apparent polar wander path for North America

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 254, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 345-357

  Tan, Xiaodong ^a   Kodama, Kenneth P ^b   Gilder, Stuart ^c   Courtillot, Vincent ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Inclination shallowing; Magnetic anisotropy; Newark basin; Paleomagnetism; Red beds; Triassic

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATHS; INCLINATION SHALLOWING; PALEOMAGNETISM; RED BEDS;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIZATION; REMANENCE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

COMPACTION; DEPOSITION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC INCLINATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; RED BED; REMAGNETIZATION; ROCK PROPERTY; TRIASSIC; VOLCANIC ROCK;

NEWARK BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846818364     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.11.043     Document Type: Article

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