Palaeomagnetism of the western and central sectors of the Trans-Mexican volcanic belt - implications for tectonic rotations and palaeosecular variation in the past 11 Ma

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 577-595

  Ruiz Martinez V C ^a   Urrutia Fucugauchi, J ^b   Osete, M L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

North America; Palaeomagnetic secular variation; Palaeomagnetism applied to tectonics; Rock and mineral magnetism; Volcanic arc processes

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; ISLAND ARC; LAVA FLOW; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SECULAR VARIATION; TECTONIC ROTATION; TITANOMAGNETITE; VIRTUAL GEOMAGNETIC POLE; VOLCANIC BELT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; TRANS-MEXICAN VOLCANIC BELT;

EID: 74549143766     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04447.x     Document Type: Article

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