Magnetostratigraphy of the Lower Triassic beds from Chaohu (China) and its implications for the Induan-Olenekian stage boundary

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 279, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 350-361

  Sun, Zhiming ^a   Hounslow, Mark W ^b   Pei, Junling ^c   Zhao, Laishi ^a   Tong, Jinnan ^a   Ogg, James G ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chaohu; early Triassic; magnetostratigraphy; Olenekian; paleomagnetic

Indexed keywords

CHAOHU; EARLY TRIASSIC; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; OLENEKIAN; PALEOMAGNETIC;

BACTERIOLOGY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; STATISTICAL TESTS;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

BIOMARKER; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC DECLINATION; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; TRIASSIC;

ANHUI; ASIA; CHAOHU LAKE; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 60949087412     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.01.009     Document Type: Article

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