Diachronous pervasive remagnetization in northern Iberian basins during Cretaceous rotation and extension

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 284, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 292-301

  Gong, Z ^a,b   van Hinsbergen, D J J ^a   Dekkers, M J ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Enres International B V ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aptian; Iberian rotation; Organy Basin; Pyrenees; remagnetization; small circle intersection

Indexed keywords

APTIAN; IBERIAN ROTATION; PYRENEES; REMAGNETIZATION; SMALL CIRCLE INTERSECTION;

IRON ORES; OXIDE MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SETTLING TANKS;

ROTATION;

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; APTIAN; BARREMIAN; CRETACEOUS; DIACHRONISM; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRABEN; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMAGNETIZATION; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; TECTONIC ROTATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; PYRENEES; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 67650581725     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.04.039     Document Type: Article

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