New paleomagnetic constraints on the late Cretaceous and early Cenozoic tectonic history of the Eastern Pontides

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-128

  Hisarli, Z Mümtaz ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Eastern Pontides; Middle Eocene; Oroclinal bending; Paleomagnetic; Upper Cretaceous rocks

Indexed keywords

BENDING; CRETACEOUS; DEMAGNETIZATION; EOCENE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; MAGNETIC DECLINATION; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC ROTATION; VOLCANIC ROCK;

PONTIDES; TURKEY;

EID: 79956065281     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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