Paleomagnetic constraints on the extent of the stable body of the South China Block since the Cretaceous: New data from the Yuanma Basin, China

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 533-544

  Zhu, Zongmin ^a   Morinaga, Hayao ^b   Gui, Renju ^c   Xu, Shiqiu ^a   Liu, Yuyan ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^c Faculty of Earth Science   (North Korea)

Author keywords

Cretaceous; Paleomagnetic pole; Red sandstone; South China Block (SCB); Tectonics

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; MAGNETIZATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SANDSTONE; TECTONICS;

CRETACEOUS; PALEOMAGNETIC POLE; RED SANDSTONE;

GEOLOGY;

COLLISION ZONE; CRETACEOUS; DEMAGNETIZATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; SANDSTONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VIRTUAL GEOMAGNETIC POLE;

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

EID: 33746709400     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2006.06.029     Document Type: Article

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