First late Ordovician paleomagnetic pole for the Cuyania (Precordillera) terrane of western Argentina: A microcontinent or a Laurentian plateau?

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1089-1104

  Rapalini, Augusto E ^a   Cingolani, Carlos A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Gondwana; Laurentia; Ordovician; Paleomagnetism; Precordillera

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; DEPOSITION; LAURENTIA; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; ORDOVICIAN; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; TERRANE;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 5444275597     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71086-8     Document Type: Article

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