Late Paleozoic paleogeographic reconstruction of Western Central Asia based upon paleomagnetic data and its geodynamic implications

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 867-884

  Choulet, F ^a   Chen, Y ^a,b   Wang, B ^c,d   Faure, M ^a,b   Cluzel, D ^a,e   Charvet, J ^a   Lin, W ^b   Xu, B ^f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LA NOUVELLE CALÉDONIE   (New Caledonia)

^f PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CAOB; Junggar; Late Paleozoic; Paleomagnetism; Strike slip faults; Tian Shan

Indexed keywords

EMPLACEMENT; GEODYNAMICS; GRANITE; MAGNETIZATION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PALEOZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC ROTATION;

CHINA; JUNGGAR BASIN; KAZAKHSTAN; SIBERIA; TIEN SHAN; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 80053252892     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.07.011     Document Type: Article

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