A Mesoproterozoic paleomagnetic pole from the Yangzhuang Formation, North China and its tectonics implications

Precambrian Research

Volumn 151, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 1-13

  Pei, Junling ^a   Yang, Zhenyu ^b   Zhao, Yue ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mesoproterozoic; Paleomagnetic; The North China Block

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; SEDIMENT YIELD; TECTONICS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIXIAN; SIBERIA; TIANJIN;

EID: 33750488132     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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