New Silurian and Devonian palaeomagnetic results from the Hexi Corridor terrane, northwest China, and their tectonic implications

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 132-146

  Huang, Baochun ^a,b   Otofuji, Yo Ichiro ^b   Yang, Zhenyu ^b,c   Zhu, Rixiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Devonian; North China Block; Palaeomagnetism; Silurian

Indexed keywords

BLOCK ROTATION; DEVONIAN; PALEOMAGNETISM; SILURIAN; TECTONICS;

CHINA;

EID: 0034015226     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2000.00983.x     Document Type: Article

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