The red river strike-slip shear zone and cenozoic tectonics of East Asia continent

Scientia Geologica Sinica

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages

  Zhang, Liansheng ^a   Zhong, Dalai ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

East asia continent; Isotopic chronology; Red river shear zone

Indexed keywords

CAINOZOIC; GEODYNAMICS; KINEMATICS; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONICS;

CHINA, RED RIVER SHEAR ZONE;

EID: 0030429484     PISSN: 05635020     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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