Palaeomagnetic constraints on the palaeogeography of China: Implications for Gondwanaland

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 643-672

  Zhao, X ^a   Coe, R S ^a   Gilder, S A ^b   Frost, G M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c Centralia College   (United States)

Author keywords

Australia; China; Gondwanaland; Palaeogeography; Palaeomagnetism; Palaeozoic; Tarim; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

GONDWANA; PALAEOGEOGRAPHY; PALAEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

CHINA;

EID: 0030432784     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099608728285     Document Type: Article

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