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Oroclinal bending and block rotations in South China since the Mesozoic

—Geological and paleomagnetic evidence

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    Zhengxiang Li & Christopher McA Powell

  2. Department of Earth Sciences, Zhejiang University, 310027, Hangzhou, China

    Dajun Fang & Gang Lou

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Li, Z., Fang, D., Powell, C.M. et al. Oroclinal bending and block rotations in South China since the Mesozoic. Chin.Sci.Bull. 42, 132–136 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03182786

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