The 125-150 Ma high-resolution Apparent Polar Wander Path for Adria from magnetostratigraphic sections in Umbria-Marche (Northern Apennines, Italy): Timing and duration of the global Jurassic-Cretaceous hairpin turn

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 329-342

  Satolli, Sara ^a   Besse, Jean ^b   Speranza, Fabio ^c   Calamita, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

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

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI GEOFISICA E VULCANOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adria, Italy; Apparent Polar Wander Path; magnetostratigraphy; paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; ITALY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC ROTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; UMBRIA-MARCHE BASIN;

EID: 34247132192     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.03.009     Document Type: Article

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