Palaeomagnetism of the Late Devonian-Early Carboniferous Achala Batholith, Córdoba, central Argentina: Implications for the apparent polar wander path of Gondwana

Gondwana Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 227-237

  Geuna, Silvana E ^a   Escosteguy, Leonardo D ^b   Miró, Roberto ^b  

^a Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^b Servicio Geologico Minero Argentino   (Argentina)

Author keywords

APWP; Granite; Late Devonian Early Carboniferous; Palaeomagnetism; South America

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; BATHOLITH; DEMAGNETIZATION; DEVONIAN-CARBONIFEROUS BOUNDARY; GONDWANA; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOMAGNETISM;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 38949101888     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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