A palaeomagnetic and 40Ar/39Ar study of late precambrian sills in the SW part of the Amazonian craton: Amazonia in the Rodinia reconstruction

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 106-122

  Elming, S A ^a   D'Agrella Filho, M S ^b   Page, L M ^c   Tohver, E ^d,e   Trindade, R I F ^b   Pacca, I I G ^b   Geraldes, M C ^e   Teixeira, W ^b  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Magnetic fabrics and anisotropy; Palaeomagnetism applied to tectonics; Rock and mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRATON; DIKE; LAURENTIA; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FABRIC; MAGNETIZATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; PRECAMBRIAN; RECONSTRUCTION; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; RODINIA; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SILL; TITANOMAGNETITE;

AMAZONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 67650230184     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04149.x     Document Type: Article

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