Paleomagnetic reexamination of the Lower Ordovician Wabana and Bell Island Groups of the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland

The Wabana and Bell Island Groups of the Avalon Peninsula of Newfoundland contain oolitic hematite beds of Early Ordovician age, dipping ~11° north-northwest. Twenty-one oolitic hematite samples from nine sites were thermally demagnetized in 10 or 11 steps to 660 or 680 °C. At 450 °C, 15 samples fro...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
Main Authors: Buchan, K. L., Hodych, J. P.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1982
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e82-087
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e82-087