Palaeomagnetic investigation on Early-Middle Triassic sediments of the North China block: A new Early Triassic palaeopole and its tectonic implications

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-113

  Huang, Baochun ^a   Shi, Ruiping ^a   Wang, Yongcheng ^a   Zhu, Rixiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

North China block (NCB); Palaeomagnetism; Rotation; Taihang terrane; Triassic

Indexed keywords

PALEOMAGNETISM; POLAR WANDERING; TECTONIC ROTATION; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; WORLD;

EID: 13344261937     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02496.x     Document Type: Article

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