New Paleocene-Eocene paleomagnetic results from the foreland of the Southern Alps confirm decoupling of stable Adria from the African plate

Tectonophysics

Volumn 504, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 89-99

  Márton ́, Emo ^a   Zampieri, Dario ^b   Kázmér, Miklós ^a   Dunkl, István ^c   Frisch, Wolfgang ^d  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adria; CCW rotation; Eocene; Paleocene; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; GEOMAGNETISM;

ADRIA; EARLY MIOCENE; EOCENE; LARGE GROUPS; MIOCENE; PALEOCENE; PALEOMAGNETIC DIRECTIONS; PALEOMAGNETISM;

ROTATION;

AFRICAN PLATE; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; FORELAND BASIN; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; PALEOMAGNETISM;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 79955482095     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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