India-Asia collision was at 24°N and 50 Ma: Palaeomagnetic proof from southernmost Asia

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Meng, Jun ^a   Wang, Chengshan ^a   Zhao, Xixi ^b   Coe, Rob ^b   Li, Yalin ^b   Finn, David ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; INDIA; MAGNETISM; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ASIA; CLIMATE CHANGE; INDIA; MAGNETICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84870852164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00925     Document Type: Article

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