New paleomagnetic results from the Yangzhuang Formation of the Jixian System, North China, and tectonic implications

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 1483-1489

  Wu, Huaichun ^a   Zhang, Shihong ^a   Li, Zheng Xiang ^b   Li, Haiyan ^a   Dong, Jin ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Columbia; Mesoproterozoic; North China Block; Paleomagnetism; Rodinia; Yangzhuang Formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749837196     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/982005-809     Document Type: Article

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