Kinematic evolution of the West Burma block during and after India-Asia collision revealed by paleomagnetism

The magnitude and timing of deformation in the form of vertical-axis rotation in the eastern Tibetan Plateau and Southeast Asia during the Cenozoic period are the key to understanding the India-Asia collision and subsequent geological processes. Our new paleomagnetic and geochronological data from Myanmar show that the characteristic remanent magnetization (ChRM) mean directions of sedimentary tuffaceous layers (31 effective specimens) and...