Late Neoproterozoic paleomagnetic results from the Sugetbrak Formation of the Aksu area, Tarim basin (NW China) and their implications to paleogeographic reconstructions and the snowball Earth hypothesis

Precambrian Research

Volumn 154, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 143-158

  Zhan, Sheng ^a,b,c   Chen, Yan ^b   Xu, Bei ^a,c   Wang, Bo ^b,d   Faure, Michel ^b  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aksu; Neoproterozoic; Paleogeographic reconstructions; Paleomagnetism; Snowball earth; Tarim

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PROTEROZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

AKSU; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TARIM BASIN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 33947606722     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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