A long connection (750-380 Ma) between South China and Australia: Paleomagnetic constraints

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 220, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 423-434

  Yang, Zhenyu ^a   Sun, Zhiming ^b   Yang, Tienshui ^b   Pei, Junling ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Australia; Gondwana; Paleomagnetism; Rodinia; South China Block

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; GONDWANA; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; POLAR WANDERING; RODINIA;

ASIA; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN BASIN;

EID: 1942505309     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0012-821X(04)00053-6     Document Type: Article

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