Rock magnetic evidence for inclination shallowing in the early Carboniferous Deer Lake Group red beds of western Newfoundland

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 275-289

  Bilardello, Dario ^a,b   Kodama, Kenneth P ^a  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetic fabrics and anisotropy; Magnetic mineralogy and petrology; Palaeomagnetism applied to geologic processes; Palaeomagnetism applied to tectonics; Rock and mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; CARBONIFEROUS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FABRIC; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MINERALOGY; NEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PETROLOGY; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; ROCK PROPERTY;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR;

CERVIDAE;

EID: 77952574814     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04537.x     Document Type: Article

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