Palaeomagnetism of the Loch Doon Granite Complex, Southern Uplands of Scotland: The Late Caledonian palaeomagnetic record and an Early Devonian episode of True Polar Wander

Tectonophysics

Volumn 432, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 133-157

  Piper, J D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caledonides; Devonian; Gondwana; Loch Doon; Palaeomagnetism; Scotland; Southern Uplands; Tectonic rotation; True polar wander

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CALEDONIAN OROGENY; DEVONIAN; FORELAND BASIN; GRANITE; MAGNETIZATION; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; SOUTHERN UPLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33846833710     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.12.009     Document Type: Article

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