New paleomagnetic and magnetic fabric results for Early Cretaceous rocks from the Turpan intramontane basin, east Tianshan, northwest China

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 540-550

  Huang, Baochun ^a   Wang, Yongcheng ^a   Zhu, Rixiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Early Cretaceous; Kinematics; Paleomagnetism; Turpan Basin

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DEMAGNETIZATION; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIZATION;

CRETACEOUS ROCKS; HEMATITE; HIGH-TEMPERATURE COMPONENTS (HTC); MAGNETIC FABRIC;

ROCKS;

CRETACEOUS; INTRAMONTANE BASIN; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 3042537877     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02yd0132     Document Type: Article

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