Paleomagnetism of the Baiyisi volcanic rocks (ca. 740 Ma) of Tarim, Northwest China: A continental fragment of Neoproterozoic Western Australia?

Precambrian Research

Volumn 142, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 83-92

  Huang, Baochun ^a   Xu, Bei ^b   Zhang, Chunxia ^a   Li, Yong'an ^c   Zhu, Rixiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Peking University   (China)

^c Xinjiang Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Baiyisi volcanic rocks; Neoproterozoic; Paleomagnetism; Rodinia; Tarim Block

Indexed keywords

PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; WORLD; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 27844519727     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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