Eocene rotation of Sardinia, and the paleogeography of the western Mediterranean region

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 401, Issue , 2014, Pages 183-195

  Advokaat, Eldert L ^a,b   Van Hinsbergen, Douwe J J ^a   Maffione, Marco ^a   Langereis, Cor G ^a   Vissers, Reinoud L M ^a   Cherchi, Antonietta ^c   Schroeder, Rolf ^d   Madani, Haroen ^a   Columbu, Stefano ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^d SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brian onnais; Corsica; Iberia; Paleomagnetism; Sardinia

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM;

BACK-ARC EXTENSIONS; CORSICA; COUNTER-CLOCKWISE; IBERIA; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SARDINIA; WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN;

ROTATION;

CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; JURASSIC; KINEMATICS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC ROTATION; TRIASSIC;

BRIANCONNAIS ZONE; CORSE; FRANCE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; ITALY; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; SARDINIA;

EID: 84902988450     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.06.012     Document Type: Article

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