A new 200 Ma paleomagnetic pole for Africa, and paleo-secular variation scatter from Central Atlantic Magmatic Province (CAMP) intrusives in Morocco (Ighrem and Foum Zguid dykes)

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 185, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1220-1234

  Palencia Ortas, A ^a   Ruiz Martinez V C ^a   Villalain J J ^b   Osete, M L ^a   Vegas, R ^a   Touil, A ^c   Hafid, A ^c   Mcintosh, G ^a   van Hinsbergen, D J J ^d   Torsvik, T H ^d,e,f  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BURGOS   (Spain)

^c FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES GUÉLIZ   (Morocco)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Africa; Cratons; Palaeomagnetic secular variation; Palaeomagnetism applied to tectonics; Plate motions; Rock and mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

DISPERSIONS; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; MINERALS; REMANENCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

AFRICA; CRATONS; PALAEOMAGNETIC SECULAR VARIATIONS; PALAEOMAGNETISM APPLIED TO TECTONICS; PLATE MOTIONS; ROCK AND MINERAL MAGNETISMS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; CRATON; DIKE; GEOMAGNETISM; JURASSIC; METASOMATISM; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SECULAR VARIATION; TITANOMAGNETITE; TRIASSIC;

AFRICA; MOROCCO;

EID: 79955985281     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05017.x     Document Type: Article

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