A new inclination shallowing correction of the Mauch Chunk Formation of Pennsylvania, based on high-field AIR results: Implications for the Carboniferous North American APW path and Pangea reconstructions

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 299, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 218-227

  Bilardello, Dario ^a   Kodama, Kenneth P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inclination shallowing; Magnetic fabrics and anisotropy; Magnetic mineralogy; Paleogeographic reconstructions; Paleomagnetism applied to tectonics; Rock and mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

INCLINATION SHALLOWING; MAGNETIC FABRICS; MAGNETIC MINERALOGY; PALEOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION; PALEOMAGNETISM APPLIED TO TECTONICS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOMAGNETISM; HEMATITE; IRON ORES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; REMANENCE; REPAIR; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

CARBONIFEROUS; GONDWANA; HEMATITE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FABRIC; MAGNETIC INCLINATION; MAGNETIC MINERAL; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PANGAEA; RED BED; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; VIRTUAL GEOMAGNETIC POLE;

PENNSYLVANIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77958468404     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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