The ~270 Ma palaeolatitude of Baltica and its significance for Pangea models

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 529-550

  Dominguez, Ada R ^a   van der Voo, Rob ^a   Torsvik, Trond H ^b   Hendriks, Bart W H ^c   Abrajevitch, Alexandra ^d   Domeier, Mathew ^a   Larsen, Bjørn T ^e   Rousse, Sonia ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Det Norske Oljeselskap   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Palaeomagnetism applied to tectonics

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONTACT TESTS; DIPOLE FIELDS; EXSOLUTION; HOST ROCKS; IRON SULPHIDE; LATE PERMIAN; MAGNETIZATION COMPONENTS; NEW RESULTS; PALAEOMAGNETISM APPLIED TO TECTONICS; PALAEOZOIC; PERMO-TRIASSIC; ROCK TYPES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SEM OBSERVATION; SULPHIDE MINERALIZATION; TIME INTERVAL; TRIASSIC; WEIGHTED MEAN;

GEOMAGNETISM; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IRON ORES; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; REMANENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; HOST ROCK; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETITE; MINERALIZATION; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOZOIC; PANGAEA; PERMIAN; PYRRHOTITE; RECONSTRUCTION; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMOREMANENT MAGNETIZATION; TRIASSIC;

NORWAY; OSLO RIFT;

EID: 79960354257     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05061.x     Document Type: Article

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