Intraplate tectonics in Asia: a precise age for large-scale Miocene movement along the Ailao Shan-Red River shear zone, China

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 1-2, 1990, Pages 65-77

  Schärer, Urs ^a   Tapponnier, Paul ^b   Lacassin, Robin ^b   Leloup, Philippe H ^b   Zhong Dalai, ^c   Ji Shaocheng, ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MIOCENE; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP MOVEMENT; TERTIARY; URANIUM/LEAD DATING;

CHINA, AILAO SHAN;

EID: 0025247637     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0012-821X(90)90099-J     Document Type: Article

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