Inclination variation in the Late Jurassic to Eocene red beds from southeast Asia: Lithological to locality scale approach

Geophysical Journal International

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 471-491

  Sato, Shun ^a   Yang, Zhenyu ^b   Tong, Yobo ^c   Fujihara, Makoto ^a   Zaman, Haider ^d   Yokoyama, Masahiko ^a   Kitada, Kazuya ^e   Otofuji, Yo Ichiro ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Palaeomagnetism applied to geologic processes; Palaeomagnetism applied to tectonics; Rock and mineral magnetism

Indexed keywords

BASIN AND RANGE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EARLY CRETACEOUS; FORELAND BASIN; GEOLOGIC PROCESS; HIGH ALTITUDE; JURASSIC; OROGENIC BELTS; PALAEOMAGNETISM; RED BED; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SICHUAN; SICHUAN BASIN; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STABLE CHARACTERISTICS; STEPWISE THERMAL DEMAGNETIZATION;

DEMAGNETIZATION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMAGNETISM; MINERALS; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; TECTONICS;

LITHOLOGY;

APPARENT POLAR WANDER PATH; CRETACEOUS; DEMAGNETIZATION; EOCENE; JURASSIC; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC INCLINATION; MUDSTONE; PALEOMAGNETISM; RED BED; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SANDSTONE;

BAZHONG; CENTRAL ASIA; CHINA; SICHUAN; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 79960433359     PISSN: 0956540X     EISSN: 1365246X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-246X.2011.05030.x     Document Type: Article

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