Palaeomagnetic and structural constraints on 90° anticlockwise rotation in SW Mongolia during the Permo-Triassic: Implications for Altaid oroclinal bending. Preliminary palaeomagnetic results

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 157-171

  Edel, Jean Bernard ^a   Schulmann, Karel ^a,b   Hanžl, Pavel ^b   Lexa, Ondrej ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CZECH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (Czech Republic)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Late Carboniferous Permian tectonics; Mongolian CAOB; Oroclinal bending; Paleomagnetism

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; COLLISION ZONE; MAGNETIC INCLINATION; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; PALEOMAGNETISM; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; REMAGNETIZATION; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS; GOBI DESERT; MONGOLIA;

EID: 84907578839     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2014.07.039     Document Type: Article

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