Paleomagnetism of the 1.1 Ga Umkondo large igneous province in southern Africa

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 9, 2006, Pages

  Gose, Wulf A ^a   Hanson, Richard E ^b   Dalziel, Ian W D ^c   Pancake, James A ^d   Seidel, Emily K ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d EG&G   (United States)

^e U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BADDELEYITE; CRATON; CRYSTALLIZATION; DIABASE; LAURENTIA; PALEOMAGNETISM; RODINIA; ZIRCON;

AFRICA; ANTARCTICA; BOTSWANA; EAST ANTARCTICA; KALAHARI CRATON; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 34247241332     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JB003897     Document Type: Article

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