Widespread remagnetization of late Proterozoic sedimentary units of Uruguay and the apparent polar wander path for the Rio de La Plata craton

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-74

  Rapalini, Augusto E ^a   Bettucci, Leda Sánchez ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Cratons; Palaeomagnetism applied to tectonics; Remagnetization; SouthAmerica

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; CRATON; EDIACARAN; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PROTEROZOIC; REMAGNETIZATION;

BRAZIL; DOM FELICIANO BELT; MALDONADO [URUGUAY]; PUNTA DEL ESTE; RIO DE LA PLATA; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SOUTH AMERICA; URUGUAY;

EID: 45449085119     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2008.03771.x     Document Type: Article

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