New Late Cretaceous and Palaeogene paleomagnetic results from south China and their geodynamic implications

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Sun, Zhiming ^a   Yang, Zhenyu ^b   Yang, Tienshui ^c   Pei, Junling ^a   Yu, Qinfan ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d China University of Geosciences   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DEMAGNETIZATION; GEODYNAMICS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; PALEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TILT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 33646356972     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JB003455     Document Type: Article

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