Paleomagnetic result of the Cenozoic volcanic rocks from the Tuoyun Basin, southwest Tien Shan of China and its tectonic implications

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1288-1295

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

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; N S convergence; Paleomagnetism; Tuoyun Basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 33344462300     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/03wd0515     Document Type: Article

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