Palaeomagnetic evidence for southward displacement of the Chuan Dian fragment of the Yangtze Block

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 297-309

  Tamai, Masato ^a   Liu, Yuyan ^b   Lu, Lian Zhong ^b   Yokoyama, Masahiko ^a   Halim, Nadir ^a   Zaman, Haider ^a   Otofuji, Yo Ichiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chuan Dian fragment; Deformation; Displacement; Palaeomagnetism; Tectonics; Yangtze Block

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC ROTATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE PLATFORM;

EID: 3843098416     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2004.02108.x     Document Type: Article

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