Constraints on the Jurassic swing of the apparent polar wander path for the North China Block

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 801-810

  Uno, Koji ^a   Huang, Baochun ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Mesozoic; North China Block; Palaeomagnetism; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; JURASSIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; TRIASSIC;

CHINA;

EID: 0141857492     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-246X.2003.01992.x     Document Type: Article

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