Palaeomagnetism and 40Ar/39Ar age from a Cretaceous volcanic sequence, Inner Mongolia, China: Implications for the field variation during the Cretaceous normal superchron

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

Volumn 169, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 59-75

  Zhu, Rixiang ^a   Pan, Yongxin ^a   He, Huaiyu ^a   Qin, Huafeng ^a   Ren, Shoumai ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Cretaceous normal superchron; Inner Mongolia; Palaeointensity

Indexed keywords

GEOMAGNETISM;

40AR/39AR DATING; CRETACEOUS NORMAL SUPERCHRON; INNER MONGOLIA; PALAEOINTENSITY; PALAEOMAGNETISM;

MAGNETISM;

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CRETACEOUS; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LAVA FLOW; MAGNETIC FIELD; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 52949138258     PISSN: 00319201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pepi.2008.07.025     Document Type: Article

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