Paleomagnetic constraints on the tectonic relationship between the Alashan/Hexi Corridor terrane and the North China block

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 787-790

  Huang, B C ^a,b   Otofuji, Y ^b   Yang, Z Y ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM; LIMESTONE; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

PALEOZOIC TECTONIC DISPLACEMENT;

TECTONICS;

ORDOVICIAN; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONICS; TERRANE;

CHINA;

EID: 0033560050     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900097     Document Type: Article

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