Paleomagnetism of the Yuanmou Basin near the southeastern margin of the Tibetan Plateau and its constraints on late Neogene sedimentation and tectonic rotation

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 272, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 97-104

  Zhu, R X ^a   Potts, R ^b   Pan, Y X ^a   Lu L Q ^a   Yao, H T ^a   Deng, C L ^a   Qin, H F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

late Neogene; magnetostratigraphy; vertical axis rotation; Yuanmou Basin

Indexed keywords

CLOCKWISE ROTATIONS; ELSEVIER (CO); GEOMAGNETIC POLARITY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHIC SEQUENCE; MAGNETOZONES; NEO GENES; PLEISTOCENE; PLIO PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; RED RIVER; SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCES; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SLIP ACTIVITY; SOUTHWEST (CO); TIBETAN PLATEAU; TIME SCALING;

GEOMAGNETISM; MAGNETISM; ROTATION; SEDIMENTATION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

FAULT; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; NEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TECTONIC ROTATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; RED BASIN [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES; YUANMOU; YUNNAN;

EID: 47749089694     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.04.016     Document Type: Article

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