New paleomagnetic results from the Lhasa block: Revised estimation of latitudinal shortening across Tibet and implications for dating the India-Asia collision

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 293, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 396-404

  Tan, Xiaodong ^a   Gilder, Stuart ^b   Kodama, Kenneth P ^c   Jiang, Wan ^d   Han, Yulin ^a   Zhang, Hui ^a   Xu, Hehua ^a   Zhou, Di ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Continental shortening; Inclination error; India Asia collision; Lhasa block; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CONFIDENCE LIMIT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISTRIBUTION PATTERNS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELDS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN-BUILDINGS; INCLINATION ERROR; LATE CRETACEOUS; LAVA FLOWS; LHASA BLOCK; MIGRATION PATH; NEW RESULTS; PALEOMAGNETIC DATA; RED BED; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SECULAR VARIATION; SIBERIA; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

GEOMAGNETISM; STATISTICAL TESTS; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRETACEOUS; DATING METHOD; DEFORMATION; EOCENE; FACIES; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; INDIAN PLATE; LAVA FLOW; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLATE CONVERGENCE; RED BED; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SECULAR VARIATION; TUFF;

CHINA; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; XIZANG;

EID: 77951297700     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2010.03.013     Document Type: Article

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