New paleomagnetic investigations of the Emeishan basalts in NE Yunnan, southwestern China: Constraints on eruption history

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue , 2012, Pages 88-97

  Liu, Chengying ^a,b   Pan, Yongxin ^a   Zhu, Rixiang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Duration; Emeishan basalts; Magnetostratigraphy; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CONGLOMERATE; DEMAGNETIZATION; LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCE; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETITE; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PERMIAN;

CHINA; EMEISHAN; SICHUAN; YUNNAN;

EID: 84860455469     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2012.02.014     Document Type: Article

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