Two competing Paleomagnetic directions in the Late Vendian: New data for the SW Region of the Siberian Platform

Russian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Shatsillo, A V ^b   Didenko, A N ^a   Pavlov, V E ^b  

^a RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Anomalous geomagnetic field behavior; Cambrian; Paleomagnetism; Siberian platform; Vendian

Indexed keywords

EID: 85072875499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16811208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2205/2004ES000169     Document Type: Article

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