Paleomagnetic results from the Upper Silurian of the Shan-Thai-Malay block, southwest Yunnan, China

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 23, 1996, Pages 3405-3408

  Chen, Haihong ^a   Zhong, Dalai ^a   Heller, Friedrich ^b   Dobson, Jon P ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIMESTONE; MAGNETIZATION; SAMPLING; TECTONICS; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

EARTH MAGNETIC POLES;

GEOMAGNETISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY;

PALAEOMAGNETISM; PALAEOPOLE; SILURIAN;

CHINA, YUNNAN PROVINCE;

REMNANT MAGNETIZATION; SILURIAN; UPPER PALEOZOIC; WESTERN YUNNAN; YUNNAN , CHINA;

EID: 0030292187     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL03154     Document Type: Article

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