Paleomagnetism of the Middle-Late Jurassic to Cretaceous red beds from the Peninsular Thailand: Implications for collision tectonics

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 784-796

  Yamashita, Itaru ^a   Surinkum, Adichat ^b   Wada, Yutaka ^c   Fujihara, Makoto ^a   Yokoyama, Masao ^a   Zaman, Haider ^d   Otofuji, Yo ichiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Mineral Resources ^*  (Thailand)

^c NARA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Asia; Cenozoic; Cretaceous; Jurassic; Paleomagnetism; Peninsular Thailand; Sundaland Block; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; HEMATITE; JURASSIC-CRETACEOUS BOUNDARY; MAGNETIC DECLINATION; NATURAL REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; PALEOMAGNETISM; RED BED; TECTONIC RECONSTRUCTION; TECTONIC ROTATION; THERMOREMANENT MAGNETIZATION;

SOUTHERN REGION; THAILAND; TRANG;

EID: 78751704304     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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