Palaeomagnetic results from upper Triassic red-beds and CAMP lavas of the Argana Basin, Morocco

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 357, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 195-209

  Deenen, Martijn ^a   Langereis, Cor ^a   Krijgsman, Wout ^a   El Hachimi, Hind ^b   Chellai, El Hassane ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; JURASSIC; LAVA; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; RED BED; TRIASSIC; VOLCANISM;

ARGANA BASIN; CANADA; GUELMIM-ES SMARA; HARTFORD BASIN; MINAS BASIN; MOROCCO; NEWARK BASIN; NOVA SCOTIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84055217804     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP357.10     Document Type: Article

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