Paleomagnetism of Miocene sediments from the Turfan Basin, Northwest China: No significant vertical-axis rotation during Neotectonic compression within the Tian Shan Range, Central Asia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 384, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 1-21

  Huang, B C ^a   Wang, Y C ^a   Liu, T ^a   Yang, T S ^b   Li, Y A ^c   Sun, D J ^c   Zhu, R X ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

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

Author keywords

Inclination shallowing; Miocene; Paleomagnetism; Tian Shan; Turfan Basin; Vertical axis rotation

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC ROTATION; TECTONOPHYSICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

EID: 3042647898     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2004.01.003     Document Type: Article

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