Late Cretaceous paleomagnetic results from southeastern China, and their geological implication

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 258, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 315-333

  Wang, Bin ^a   Yang, Zhenyu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

inclination shallowing; late Cretaceous; paleomagnetism; South China Block

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY OF THE ISOTHERMAL REMANENCE (AIR); HIGHER TEMPERATURE COMPONENT (HTC); INCLINATION SHALLOWING; LATE CRETACEOUS; PALEOMAGNETISM;

DEMAGNETIZATION; ELONGATION; GEOLOGY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; TECTONICS;

GEOMAGNETISM;

CRETACEOUS; DEMAGNETIZATION; FAULTING; FOLDING; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC INCLINATION; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; RED BED; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

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

EID: 34249301769     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2007.03.045     Document Type: Article

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