Palaeomagnetism of the Egersund-Ogna anorthosite, Rogaland, Norway, and the positon of Fennoscandia in the Late Proterozoic

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 479-488

  Brown, Laurie L ^a   McEnroe, Suzanne A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anorthosite; Baltica; Haemo ilmenite; Palaeomagnetism; Proterozoic; Rodinia

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; ROGALAND; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 4344650829     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02349.x     Document Type: Article

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