Middle Triassic paleomagnetic results from central Hubei province, China and their tectonic implications

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1571-1574

  Huang, K ^a,b   Opdyke, N D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; STRATIGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GEOPHYSICS; MAGNETIZATION; ROCKS; SAMPLING; TECTONICS;

DIFFERENTIAL ROTATION; FOLD-THRUST BELTS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LOW TEMPERATURES; NORTH CHINA BLOCKS; PALEOMAGNETIC DIRECTIONS; TECTONIC IMPLICATIONS; THERMAL DEMAGNETIZATION;

TECTONICS; GEOLOGY;

CHINA; MIDDLE TRIASSIC PALEOMAGNETIC RESULTS;

PALAEOMAGNETISM; TECTONICS; TRIASSIC;

CHINA, HUBEI PROVINCE;

EID: 0031194316     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01549     Document Type: Article

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