Palaeomagnetic results from Palaeocene basalts from Mongolia reveal no inclination shallowing at 60 Ma in Central Asia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-102

  Hankard, Fatim ^a   Cogné, Jean Pascal ^a   Lagroix, France ^a   Quidelleur, Xavier ^b   Kravchinsky, Vadim A ^a,d   Bayasgalan, Amgalan ^c   Lkhagvadorj, Purevdorj ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c MONGOLIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Mongolia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asia; Palaeomagnetism applied to tectonics; Rock and mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; BASALT; DEMAGNETIZATION; LAVA FLOW; PALEOCENE; PALEOMAGNETISM;

ASIA; CENTRAL ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GOBI DESERT; MONGOLIA;

EID: 37549068594     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2007.03619.x     Document Type: Article

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