A synthesis of Cretaceous palaeomagnetic data from South Korea: Tectonic implications in East Asia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 709-724

  Park, Yong Hee ^a   Doh, Seong Jae ^a   Ryu, In Chang ^b   Suk, Dongwoo ^c  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; East Asia; Korean Peninsula; Palaeomagnetism; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; MIOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOZOIC; PRECAMBRIAN; TECTONICS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GYEONGGI MASSIF; JAPAN; KOREA; KYONGSANG BASIN; OGCHEON BELT; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 33745235547     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2005.02584.x     Document Type: Review

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