Devonian paleomagnetism of the North Tien Shan: Implications for the middle-Late Paleozoic paleogeography of Eurasia

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 257, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 104-120

  Levashova, Natalia M ^a   Mikolaichuk, Alexander V ^b   McCausland, Philip J A ^c   Bazhenov, Mikhail L ^a,c   Van der Voo, Rob ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b Kyrgyz National Academy of Sciences   (Kyrgyzstan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Kazakhstan; Late Paleozoic; paleolatitudes; paleomagnetism; Ural Ocean; Ural Mongol belt

Indexed keywords

KOKCHETAV-NORTH TIEN SHAN DOMAIN (KNTD); PALEOLATITUDES; PALEOMAGNETISM; URAL-MONGOL BELT;

ASIA; GEOMAGNETISM; PETROLOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CONGLOMERATE; DEVONIAN; ISLAND ARC; MAGNETIZATION; MARGINAL BASIN; OCEANIC CRUST; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE BOUNDARY; PRECAMBRIAN; SPREADING CENTER; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; KYRGYZSTAN; TIEN SHAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 34247128263     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.02.025     Document Type: Article

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