Late Cretaceous palaeomagnetic results from Sikhote Alin, far eastern Russia: Tectonic implications for the eastern margin of the Mongolia Block

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 202-214

  Otofuji, Yo Ichiro ^a   Matsuda, Takaaki ^b   Enami, Ryo ^a   Uno, Koji ^a   Nishihama, Katsuhiko ^a   Halim, Nadir ^a   Su, Li ^a   Zaman, Haider ^a   Kulinich, Ruslan G ^c   Zimin, Petr S ^c   Matunin, Anatoly P ^d   Sakhno, Vladimir G ^d  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^c IL ICHEV PACIFIC OCEANOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^d FAR EAST GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Continent; Deformation; Mongolia Block; Palaeomagnetism; Sikhote Alin; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0037219360     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01842.x     Document Type: Article

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