New Precambrian palaeomagnetic constraints on the position of the North China Block in Rodinia

Precambrian Research

Volumn 144, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 213-238

  Zhang, Shihong ^a   Li, Zheng Xiang ^b   Wu, Huaichun ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Laurentia; North China; Palaeogeography; Palaeomagnetism; Proterozoic; Rodinia

Indexed keywords

PALEOMAGNETISM; PRECAMBRIAN; RODINIA;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 30744436811     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2005.11.007     Document Type: Article

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