%0 Journal Article %T DiscussionoftheRelationshipsBetweentheGondwanaandEasternChinaBlock:PaleomagneticConstraints %A ZHANG Shi-hong %J µØÇòѧ±¨ %D 2009 %R 10.3975/cagsb.2009.s1.37 %X ThetimewhenGondwanafinallyformedisstilldebatable(PowellandPisarevsky,2002;Meert,2003).Paleomagneticdatahavedemonstratedthattheappar-entpolarwanderpaths(APWPs)forthemainconti-nentalblocksofGondwanaareingoodagreementfromEarlyCambriantoatleast260MaunderthewidelyacceptedGondwanafit(seeLi&Powell,2001,Fig.6).ThisisespeciallythecaseforAustraliaandAfrica,ofwhichAPWPsarebestdefinedandnearidentical.ThisindicatesthatthemainamalgamationofEastGondwanaandAfricanblockshaslikelycom-pletedsincetheEarlyCambrian. %K Gondwana %K SouthChina %K NorthChina %K Paleomagnetism %U http://www.cagsbulletin.com/dqxbcn/ch/reader/view_abstract.aspx?file_no=2009S137&flag=1