Regional deformational features of the South China Block inferred from Middle Triassic palaeomagnetic data

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 339-356

  Su, Li ^a   Yang, Zhenyu ^b   Sun, Zhiming ^c   Yang, Tianshui ^c   Zaman, Haider ^a   Takemoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Otofuji, Yo Ichiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Continent; Deformation; Palaeomagnetism; SCB; Tectonics; Triassic

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; TRIASSIC;

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

EID: 27744604959     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02629.x     Document Type: Review

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