Palaeomagnetism, rock magnetism and AMS of the Cabo Magmatic Province, NE Brazil, and the opening of South Atlantic

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 905-922

  Font, E ^a   Ernesto, M ^a   Silva, P F ^b,c   Correia, P B ^d   Nascimento, M A L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^e CPRM Geologic Survey of Brazil   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Atlantic Ocean; Magnetic fabrics and anisotropy; Palaeomagnetism applied to tectonics; Rock and mineral magnetism; South America

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; DEMAGNETIZATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FABRIC; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; VIRTUAL GEOMAGNETIC POLE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70350604251     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04333.x     Document Type: Article

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