Paleomagnetic and paleointensity study of an Oligocene-Miocene lava sequence from the Hannuoba Basalts in northern China

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 21-35

  Pan, Yongxin ^a   Hill, Mimi J ^b,c   Zhu, Rixiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Absolute paleointensity; Hannuoba Basalts; K Ar dating; North China Block; Oligocene Miocene; Paleomagnetic direction

Indexed keywords

ARGON; DEMAGNETIZATION; EARTH (PLANET); GEOCHRONOLOGY; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; MAGNETITE; POTASSIUM;

DATASETS; DIPOLE MOMENT; HANNUOBA BASALTS; OLIGOCENE-MIOCENE LAVA SEQUENCE; PALEOINTENSITY;

BASALT;

BASALT; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC INTENSITY; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING;

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

EID: 18844432325     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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