Tectonic deformation of the Indochina Peninsula recorded in the Mesozoic palaeomagnetic results

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-111

  Takemoto, Kazuhiro ^a   Sato, Shun ^a   Chanthavichith, Kongkham ^b   Inthavong, Thongpath ^b   Inokuchi, Hiroo ^c   Fujihara, Makoto ^a   Zaman, Haider ^d   Yang, Zhenyu ^e   Yokoyama, Masahiko ^a   Iwamoto, Hisanori ^a   Otofuji, Yo Ichiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Geology and Mines ^*  (Laos)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; Continental tectonics: compressional; Palaeomagnetism applied to tectonics

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; CRETACEOUS; DEFORMATION; JURASSIC; MESOZOIC; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SANDSTONE; SEISMIC TOMOGRAPHY; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDOCHINA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 70349980673     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04274.x     Document Type: Article

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