Resolving the problem of shallow magnetizations of Tertiary age in Asia: Insights from paleomagnetic data from the Qiangtang, Kunlun, and Qaidam blocks (Tibet, China), and a new hypothesis

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 104, Issue B8, 1999, Pages 17715-17734

  Cogne J P ^a   Halim, N ^a   Chen, Y ^b   Courtillot, V ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEOMAGNETISM; TERTIARY;

CHINA; TIBET;

EID: 0033430225     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999jb900153     Document Type: Article

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