Indosinian NW-trending shear zones within the Truong Son belt (Vietnam): 40Ar-39Ar Triassic ages and Cretaceous to Cenozoic overprints

Tectonophysics

Volumn 283, Issue 1-4, 1997, Pages 105-127

  Lepvrier, Claude ^a   Maluski, Henri ^a   Van Vuong, Nguyen ^a,b   Roques, Delphine ^a   Axente, Valerica ^c   Rangin, Claude ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

Author keywords

Indosinian orogeny; Metamorphism; Overprinting; Strike slip tectonics; Truong Son belt; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; GEOCHRONOLOGY; METAMORPHISM; OVERPRINTING; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP; TECTONICS;

VIETNAME, TRUONG SON;

EID: 0031430359     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(97)00151-0     Document Type: Article

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