Non-antipodal directions in magnetostratigraphy: An overprint bias?

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 75-81

  Paŕes, Josep M ^a   Van der Voo, Rob ^b  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIÓN SOBRE LA EVOLUCIÓN HUMANA CENIEH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic fabrics and anisotropy; Magnetic field; Palaeomagnetism applied to tectonics; Remagnetization; Plate motions; Reversals: process, time scale, magnetostratigraphy.

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS;

INCLINATION SHALLOWING; MAGNETIC FABRICS AND ANISOTROPIES; PALEOGEOGRAPHIC RECONSTRUCTION; PALEOMAGNETIC DIRECTIONS; PALEOMAGNETIC RECORD; PLATE MOTIONS; REMAGNETIZATION; TIME-SCALES;

GEOMAGNETISM;

GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE MOTION; REMAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENT; TECTONICS; TERTIARY;

EID: 84875335482     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggs027     Document Type: Article

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