Analysis of a Permo-Triassic polarity transition in different absolute reconstructions of Pangaea, considering a model with features of the present Earth magnetic field

Annals of Geophysics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 191-202

  Vizán, Haroldo ^a   Van Zele, María Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Absolute reconstruction; Earth magnetic field; Pangaea; Permo Triassic; Polarity transition

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM; PANGAEA; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 36349029221     PISSN: 15935213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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