Permian palaeomagnetism of East Kazakhstan and the amalgamation of Eurasia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 677-687

  Levashova, Natalia M ^a   Degtyarev, Kirill E ^a   Bazhenov, Mikhail L ^a   Collins, Adam Q ^b   Van der Voo, Rob ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Eurasia amalgamation; Late Permian; Palaeomagnetism; Ura Mongol fold belt; Vertical axis rotations

Indexed keywords

FOLD AND THRUST BELT; PALEOMAGNETISM; PERMIAN; ROTATION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN;

EID: 0037340747     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01879.x     Document Type: Article

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