New paleomagnetic results from the Ediacaran Doushantuo Formation in South China and their paleogeographic implications

Precambrian Research

Volumn 259, Issue , 2015, Pages 130-142

  Zhang, Shihong ^a   Li, Haiyan ^a   Jiang, Ganqing ^b   Evans, David A D ^c   Dong, Jin ^a,d   Wu, Huaichun ^a   Yang, Tianshui ^a   Liu, Pengju ^d   Xiao, Qisheng ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Doushantuo formation; Ediacaran; Paleomagnetism; South China; Supercontinent reconstruction

Indexed keywords

DEMAGNETIZATION; EDIACARAN; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; GONDWANA; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETITE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; RECONSTRUCTION; REMAGNETIZATION;

CHINA; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; THREE GORGES;

EID: 84922473834     PISSN: 03019268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2014.09.018     Document Type: Article

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