Paleomagnetic constraints on the paleogeography and oroclinal bending of the Devonian volcanic arc in Kazakhstan

Tectonophysics

Volumn 441, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 67-84

  Abrajevitch, Alexandra ^a   Van der Voo, Rob ^a   Levashova, Natalia M ^b   Bazhenov, Mikhail L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Devonian; Kazakhstan; Oroclinal bending; Paleogeography; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; BASALT; BLOCK ROTATION; DEFORMATION; DEVONIAN; FOLDING; ISLAND ARC; MAGNETIZATION; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; SUBDUCTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; WEST ASIA;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 34447630624     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2007.04.008     Document Type: Article

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