Oxfordian magnetostratigraphy of Britain and its correlation to Tethyan regions and Pacific marine magnetic anomalies

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 289, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 433-448

  Ogg, James G ^a   Coe, Angela L ^b   Przybylski, Piotr A ^c   Wright, John K ^d  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BP AMERICA INC   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ammonite zonation; Boreal Realm United Kingdom; magnetostratigraphy; Oxfordian

Indexed keywords

AMMONITE BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BRITAIN; ENGLAND; JURASSIC; M SEQUENCE; MAGNETIC SURVEYS; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MARINE MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; PALEOMAGNETIC POLES; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN PACIFIC; YORKSHIRES;

STRATIGRAPHY;

AMMONITE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOZONATION; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETIC SURVEY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NUMERICAL MODEL; OXFORDIAN; PALEOMAGNETISM; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; TETHYS; TYPE SECTION;

DORSET [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; HEBRIDES; HIGHLAND; INNER HEBRIDES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SCOTLAND; SKYE; UNITED KINGDOM; YORKSHIRE;

AMMONOIDEA; QUENSTEDTOCERAS;

EID: 73649121235     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.11.031     Document Type: Article

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