The Egersund dykes (SW Norway): A robust Early Ediacaran (Vendian) palaeomagnetic pole from Baltica

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 935-948

  Walderhaug, Harald J ^a   Torsvik, Trond H ^b,c,d   Halvorsen, Erik ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Baltica; Ediacaran; Egersund dykes; Geochronology; Neoproterozoic glaciations; Palaeomagnetism

Indexed keywords

COOLING; DIKE; EDIACARAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; UPLIFT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; ROGALAND; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 33847774333     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2006.03265.x     Document Type: Article

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