Paleomagnetism of mid-paleozoic subduction-related volcanics from the Chingiz Range in NE Kazakhstan: The evolving paleogeography of the amalgamating Eurasian composite continent

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 121, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 555-573

  Levashova, Natalia M ^a   van der Voo, Rob ^b   Abrajevitch, Alexandra V ^b   Bazhenov, Mikhail L ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Middle paleozoic; Orocline; Paleogeography; Paleomagnetism; Siberia; Volcanic arc

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL ASIA; MIDDLE PALEOZOIC; OROCLINE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; SIBERIA; VOLCANIC ARC;

CAVITY RESONATORS; GEOMAGNETISM; TECTONICS;

VOLCANOES;

CRATON; FOLDING; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOZOIC; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC LANDFORM;

ASIA; CHINGIZ RANGE; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; WEST ASIA;

EID: 69949177625     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: 00167606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/B26354.1     Document Type: Article

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