New Late Permian paleomagnetic data from Argentina: Refinement of the apparent polar wander path of Gondwana

Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Domeier, Mathew ^a   Van Der Voo, Rob ^a,d   Tohver, Eric ^b   Tomezzoli, Renata N ^c   Vizan, Haroldo ^c   Torsvik, Trond H ^d,e,f   Kirshner, Jordan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

^d Det Norske Videnskaps Akademi   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gondwana; paleomagnetism; Permian

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; IRON ORES; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIZATION;

ARGENTINA; GONDWANA; HIGH QUALITY; LATE PERMIAN; LOW QUALITIES; MAGNETIC CARRIERS; MESOZOIC; MODERN STANDARDS; PALEOMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; PALEOMAGNETIC POLES; PALEOMAGNETISM; PERMIAN; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; U-PB DATING; VOLCANIC COMPLEX; INCLINATION SHALLOWING;

VOLCANIC ROCKS; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GONDWANA; MAGNETIZATION; MESOZOIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOZOIC; PERMIAN; REMAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 79960070235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15252027     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GC003616     Document Type: Article

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