Isotopic and paleomagnetic constraints on the Mesozoic tectonic evolution of south China

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 16137-16154

  Gilder, Stuart A ^a,b   Gill, James ^a   Coe, Robert S ^a   Zhao, Xixi ^a   Liu, Zhongwei ^c   Wang, Genxian ^c   Yuan, Kuirong ^d   Liu, Wenlong ^d   Kuang, Guodun ^e   Wu, Haoruo ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c Institute of Geology   (China)

^d Guilin College of Geology   (China)

^e Guangxi Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MESOZOIC; NEODYMIUM; PALAEOMAGNETISM; SAMARIUM; STRONTIUM; TERRANE;

CHINA;

EID: 0030485404     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jb00662     Document Type: Article

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