Tectonic deformation of the southwestern part of the Yangtze craton inferred from paleomagnetism

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 47-60

  Otofuji, Yo Ichiro ^a   Liu, Yuyan ^b   Yokoyama, Masahiko ^a   Tamai, Masato ^a,d   Yin, Jiyun ^c  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c Yunnan Institute of Geological Sciences   (China)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Deformation; Paleomagnetism; Plate collision; Yangtze Platform

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

CHINA;

EID: 0031816445     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0012-821x(98)00009-0     Document Type: Article

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