Tectonic implications of a paleomagnetic study of the Sarmiento Ophiolitic Complex, southern Chile

Tectonophysics

Volumn 452, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 29-41

  Rapalini, A E ^a   Calderon M ^b   Singer, S ^a   Herve F ^b   Cordani, U ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ophiolite; Orocline; Paleomagnetism; Patagonia; Remagnetization; South America

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; DEMAGNETIZATION; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MAGNETIC DECLINATION; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; OPHIOLITE; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONOPHYSICS;

ANDES; ARGENTINA; CHILE; MAGALLANES; PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 43949102375     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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