New Late Cretaceous paleomagnetic data from volcanic rocks and red beds from the Lhasa terrane and its implications for the paleolatitude of the southern margin of Asia prior to the collision with India
The consistent inclination recorded in red beds and basalt lava flows show that no significant inclination shallowing. The Lhasa terrane was located at about 10.4 ± 4.9° N at a reference point: 29.9°N, 91.1°E during Late Cretaceous. Significant crustal shortening of 1040 ± 520 km may have occurred within Asia since the Late Cretaceous.