Permo-Triassic magnetostratigraphy in China: The type section near Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, North China

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 382-388

  Embleton, Brian J J ^a   McElhinny, Michael W ^b,e   Ma, Xinghua ^c   Zhang, Zhengkun ^d   Li, Zheng Xiang ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^e Gondwana Consultants   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Magnetostratigraphy; Palaeomagnetism; Permian; Triassic

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PERMIAN; TRIASSIC;

CHINA, SHANXI, TAIYUAN;

EID: 0030473149     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.1996.tb05298.x     Document Type: Article

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