Palaeolatitude and age of the Indo-Asia collision: Palaeomagnetic constraints

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 182, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1189-1198

  Dupont Nivet, Guillaume ^a,b   Lippert, Peter C ^c   van Hinsbergen, Douwe J J ^d   Meijers, Maud J M ^a   Kapp, Paul ^e  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Peking University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Asia; Continental tectonics: compressional; Palaeomagnetism applied to tectonics

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTINENTAL TECTONICS; EURASIA; HIGH PRESSURE METAMORPHISM; MARINE SEDIMENTATION; PALAEOMAGNETISM; SEDIMENTARY UNITS; TOMOGRAPHIC;

FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; GEOMAGNETISM; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

TECTONICS;

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; COLLISION ZONE; COMPRESSION; CONVERGENCE; ESTIMATION METHOD; KINEMATICS; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; SUTURE ZONE;

EURASIA; INDIA;

EID: 77955746212     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04697.x     Document Type: Article

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