Oligo-Miocene magnetostratigraphy and rock magnetism of the Xishuigou section, Subei (Gansu Province, western China) and implications for shallow inclinations in central Asia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 106, Issue B12, 2001, Pages 30505-30521

  Gilder, Stuart ^a   Chen, Yan ^b   Sen, Sevket ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c Lab de Paleontologie du Museum   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; TERTIARY;

CHINA; GANSU PROVINCE; SUBEI;

EID: 0035714097     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001jb000325     Document Type: Article

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