Paleomagnetic and rock magnetic evidence for a secondary yet early magnetization in large sandstone pipes and host Late Middle Jurassic (Callovian) Summerville Formation and Bluff Sandstone near Mesita, west central New Mexico

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 109, Issue 7, 2004, Pages

  Geissman, John W ^a   Harlan, Stephen S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Jurassic; Paleomagnetism; Remagnetization

Indexed keywords

JURASSIC; MAGNETIC MINERAL; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMAGNETIZATION; SANDSTONE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

MESITA; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4644230637     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JB002463     Document Type: Article

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