Paleomagnetic study on orogenic belt: An example from Early Cretaceous volcanic rocks, Inner Mongolia, China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1127-1133

  Ren, Shoumai ^a,b   Zhu, Rixiang ^a   Huang, Baochun ^a   Zhang, Fuqin ^a   Wang, Hongqiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

Eurasia; Orogenic belt; Paleomagnetism; Suhongtu of Inner Mongolia

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; PETROGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

LAVA; MAGNETIC MINERALS; PSEUDO-SINGLE-DOMAIN (PSD); TIANSHAN-MONGOLIA FOLD BELT (TMBF);

EARTH SCIENCES;

CRETACEOUS; PALEOMAGNETISM;

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

EID: 22544458484     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02yd0138     Document Type: Article

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