The motion of Adria during the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous: New paleomagnetic results from stable Istria

Tectonophysics

Volumn 454, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 44-53

  Márton, Emo ^a   Ćosović, Vlasta ^b   Moro, Alan ^b   Zvocak, Sergej ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL INSTITUTE OF HUNGARY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c Kamen dd Pazin   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Adria; Cretaceous; Motion; Paleomagnetism; Stable Istria

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; JURASSIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ADRIATIC SEA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ISTRIA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

CONIACIAN;

EID: 44949111224     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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