Palaeomagnetic study of Cretaceous red beds from the eastern Hindukush ranges, northern Pakistan: Palaeoreconstruction of the Kohistan-Karakoram composite unit before the India-Asia collision

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 719-738

  Zaman, Haider ^a   Torii, Masayuki ^b,c  

^a Geoscience Laboratory   (Pakistan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Haematite; Hindukush; Palaeolatitude; Palaeomagnetism; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; CRETACEOUS; PALEOMAGNETISM; RED BED; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION;

HINDU KUSH; PAKISTAN;

EID: 0032891486     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.1999.00757.x     Document Type: Article

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