Cretaceous paleomagnetism of the eastern South China Block: Establishment of the stable body of SCB

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 222, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 971-988

  Morinaga, Hayao ^a   Liu, Yuyan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Paleomagnetic pole; Red sandstones; South China Block (SCB); Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PALEOMAGNETISM; SANDSTONE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 2942608848     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2004.02.035     Document Type: Article

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