Palaeomagnetic results from the Lancer 1 stratigraphic drillhole, Officer Basin, Western Australia, and implications for Rodinia reconstructions

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 561-572

  Pisarevsky, S A ^a   Wingate, M T D ^a,b   Stevens, M K ^b   Haines, P W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acoustic scanner; Drillhole; Neoproterozoic; Officer Basin; Palaeomagnetism; Redbeds; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

LAURENTIA; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MUDSTONE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; SANDSTONE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; OFFICER BASIN;

ERYTHROCEBUS PATAS;

EID: 34249728843     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090701188962     Document Type: Article

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