New palaeomagnetic results from the Whin Sill complex: Evidence for a multiple intrusion event and revised virtual geomagnetic poles for the late Carboniferous for the British Isles

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 161, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 927-938

  Liss, D ^a   Owens, W H ^a   Hutton, D H W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dolerite; Dykes; Emplacement; Palaeomagnetism; Sills

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; DIABASE; DIKE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SILL;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 8744282507     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-156     Document Type: Article

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