Paleomagnetism of Middle Triassic redbeds from Hubei and northwestern Hunan provinces, South China

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 143, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 63-79

  Huang, Kainian ^a,b   Opdyke, Neil D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Hubei China; Hunan China; Middle Triassic; Oroclines; Paleomagnetism; Yangtze platform

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; OROCLINAL BENDING; PALAEOMAGNETISM; TRIASSIC;

CHINA, HUBEI PROVINCE; CHINA, HUNAN PROVINCE;

EID: 0030430441     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821x(96)00133-1     Document Type: Article

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