Discordant paleomagnetic direction in Miocene rocks from the central Tarim Basin: Evidence for local deformation and inclination shallowing

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 199, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 473-482

  Dupont Nivet, G ^a   Guo, Z ^b   Butler, R F ^a   Jia, C ^c  

^a The University of Arizona   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Miocene; Paleomagnetism; Sedimentary rocks; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC ROTATION; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHINA;

EID: 0036300537     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(02)00566-6     Document Type: Article

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