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Paleomagnetic results from some Permian‐Triassic rocks from southwestern China
Author(s) -
Chan Lung S.,
Wang Chi Y.,
Wu Xue Yi
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl011i011p01157
Subject(s) - craton , geology , paleomagnetism , permian , fibrous joint , paleontology , early triassic , china , tectonics , fault (geology) , geography , archaeology , medicine , structural basin , anatomy
The Ailao Shan fault zone in West Yunnan represents a suture boundary between South China and Indosinian Cratons. Preliminary paleomagnetic results from three sites in Sichuan, Guichou, and Yunnan Provinces reveal a 14° northward migration of South China Craton between Late Permian and Middle Triassic. The two cratons were separated by about 20° latitudes during the Early Triassic. The tectonic setting of East Asia during the Triassic was probably analogous to the present Indonesian region.