Anomalously shallow inclination in middle-northern part of the South China block: Palaeomagnetic study of Late Cretaceous red beds from Yichang area

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 290-300

  Narumoto, Kazutoshi ^a   Yang, Zhenyu ^b   Takemoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Zaman, Haider ^a   Morinaga, Hayao ^c   Otofuji, Yo Ichiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Depositional process; Inclination shallowing; Palaeomagnetism; SCB; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DEMAGNETIZATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; PALEOMAGNETISM; RED BED;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; YICHANG;

EID: 33645980631     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02820.x     Document Type: Article

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