Paleomagnetism of the early Triassic Semeitau igneous series, eastern Kazakstan

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 107, Issue 7, 2002, Pages

  Lyons, John L ^a   Coe, Robert S ^a   Zhao, Xixi ^a   Renne, Paul R ^b   Kazansky, Alexey Y ^c   Izokh, Andrey E ^c   Kungurtsev, Leonid V ^c   Mitrokhin, Dimitry V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^c TROFIMUK INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Asian tectonics; Kazakstan; Semeitau igneous series; Siberia Traps; Triassic paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; IGNEOUS ROCK; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRIASSIC;

(EAST); KAZAKHSTAN;

EID: 0037055363     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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