Palaeomagnetism and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of upper Palaeogene volcanic rocks from Central Tibet: Implications for the Central Asia inclination anomaly, the palaeolatitude of Tibet and post-50Ma shortening within Asia

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 184, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 131-161

  Lippert, Peter C ^a   Zhao, Xixi ^a   Coe, Robert S ^a   Lo, Ching Hua ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Asia; Continental tectonics: compressional; Palaeomagnetism applied to geological processes; Palaeomagnetism applied to tectonics

Indexed keywords

ASIA; CENOZOIC; CENTRAL ASIA; CLASTIC ROCK; CLIMATE DYNAMICS; COMBINED EFFECT; CONTINENTAL TECTONICS; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; EURASIA; LHASA TERRANE; LOW LATITUDES; MONGOLIA; PALAEOALTIMETRY; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PALAEOMAGNETISM APPLIED TO GEOLOGICAL PROCESSES; QIANGTANG TERRANE; SECULAR VARIATION; SUBTROPICAL LATITUDES; TIBETAN PLATEAU; VOLCANICS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; MARTIAN SURFACE ANALYSIS; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD; POLES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; WEATHERING;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONTINENTAL LITHOSPHERE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; PALEOGENE; PALEOLATITUDE; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SECULAR VARIATION; TERRANE; VOLCANIC ROCK; WEATHERING;

CENTRAL ASIA; CHINA; MONGOLIA; XIZANG;

EID: 78650144654     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2010.04833.x     Document Type: Article

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