Paleomagnetic data from northern Baja California (Mexico): Results from the Cretaceous San Telmo batholith

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 334, Issue , 2000, Pages 157-165

  Bohnel H ^a,c   Delgado Argote, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM;

BAJA CALIFORNIA; GEOLOGICAL DATA; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; ME-XICO; NEO GENES; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; POLEWARD SHIFT; ROTATION ANGLES;

GEOLOGY;

BATHOLITH; CRETACEOUS; FELSIC ROCK; GEOMAGNETISM; NEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLUTON;

ANDALUCIA; BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; GULF OF CALIFORNIA; HUELVA [ANDALUCIA]; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; SAN TELMO MINE; SPAIN;

EID: 84870917015     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2334-5.157     Document Type: Article

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