Paleomagnetic evidence for a mid-Miocene clockwise rotation of about 25° of the Guide Basin area in NE Tibet

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 234-247

  Yan, Maodu ^a   VanderVoo, Rob ^a   Fang, Xiao Min ^b   Parés, Josep M ^a   Rea, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Guide Basin; Neogene; Paleomagnetism; Rotations; Tibet

Indexed keywords

GUIDE BASIN; HIGH RESOLUTION MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; ROTATION PATTERNS;

GEOLOGIC MODELS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIZATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

ROCKS;

BLOCK ROTATION; MOLASSE; NEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 29544433589     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2005.10.013     Document Type: Article

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