Remanent magnetization of oolitic ironstone beds, Hazara area, Lesser Himalayan thrust zone, Northern Pakistan: Its acquisition, timing, and paleoenvironmental implications

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 733-744

  Yoshida, Mitsuo ^a,b   Khan, Ibrar H ^a   Ahmad, Mirza Naseer ^a  

^a Geological Survey of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^b Geoscience Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; IRONSTONE; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; THRUST;

HAZARA; HIMALAYAS; PAKISTAN;

EID: 0032463568     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352166     Document Type: Article

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