Early Paleocene paleomagnetic results from southern Tibet, and tectonic implications

International Geology Review

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 546-562

  Tong, Yabo ^a   Yang, Zhenyu ^a   Zheng, Liandi ^a   Yang, Tianshui ^b   Shi, Linfeng ^a   Sun, Zhiming ^c   Pei, Junling ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; DEMAGNETIZATION; LIMESTONE; PALEOCENE; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 47249124188     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.50.6.546     Document Type: Article

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