New tertiary paleomagnetic poles from Mongolia and Siberia at 40, 30, 20, and 13 Ma: Clues on the inclination shallowing problem in central Asia

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Hankard, Fatim ^a   Cogné, Jean Pascal ^a   Kravchinsky, Vadim A ^a,b   Carporzen, Laurent ^a   Bayasgalan, Amgalan ^c   Lkhagvadorj, Purevdorj ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; DEMAGNETIZATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIZATION; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; TERTIARY; VIRTUAL GEOMAGNETIC POLE;

ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; MONGOLIA; SIBERIA;

EID: 34347264164     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JB004488     Document Type: Article

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