New constraints to the onset of the India-Asia collision: Paleomagnetic reconnaissance on the Linzizong Group in the Lhasa Block, China

Tectonophysics

Volumn 489, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 189-209

  Chen, Junshan ^a   Huang, Baochun ^a   Sun, Lisha ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

India Asia collision; Lhasa Block; Linzizong Group; Paleogeographic position; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

ASIAN CONTINENT; CENTRAL ASIA; INITIAL CONTACT; LATITUDINAL VARIATION; LEADING EDGE; LHASA BLOCK; MIDDLE JURASSIC; PALEOGENE; PRIMARY REMANENCE; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; STABLE CHARACTERISTICS; TECTONIC ROTATIONS; TIBETAN PLATEAU;

DEMAGNETIZATION; GEOMAGNETISM; IRON ORES; LITHOLOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; VOLCANOES;

VOLCANIC ROCKS;

COLLISION ZONE; DEMAGNETIZATION; DEPOSITION; GONDWANA; JURASSIC; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOGENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; RIFTING; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CHINA;

EID: 77953712542     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2010.04.024     Document Type: Article

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