Paleomagnetism of early Paleogene marine sediments in southern Tibet, China: Implications to onset of the India-Asia collision and size of Greater India

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 309, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 153-165

  Yi, Zhiyu ^a   Huang, Baochun ^a   Chen, Junshan ^a   Chen, Liwei ^a   Wang, Hailong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Greater India; India Asia collision; Marine sediments; Paleogene; Paleomagnetism; Tethyan Himalaya

Indexed keywords

GREATER INDIA; INDIA-ASIA COLLISION; MARINE SEDIMENTS; PALEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; TETHYAN HIMALAYA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEMAGNETIZATION; GEOMAGNETISM; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETIC POLARITY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRUSTAL SHORTENING; DEMAGNETIZATION; FOLDING; MAGNETIC FIELD; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOGENE; PALEOMAGNETISM; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; ROCK PROPERTY; SUTURE ZONE; TIMESCALE;

CHINA; HIMALAYAS; XIZANG;

EID: 79961127894     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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