Tectonic implications of new Late Cretaceous paleomagnetic constraints from Eastern Liaoning Peninsula, NE China

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2003, Pages

  Lin, Wei ^a   Chen, Yan ^b   Faure, Michel ^b   Wang, Qingchen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Continental margin Meso Cenozoic geodynamics; Northeastern China plain; Paleomagnetism; Rifting; Songliao Basin

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GEODYNAMICS; PALEOMAGNETISM; RIFTING; TECTONIC ROTATION; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

CHINA; LIAONING PROVINCE;

EID: 16744366090     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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