Interpretation of cenozoic tectonics in the right-lateral accommodation zone between the ailao shan shear zone and the eastern himalayan syntaxis

International Geology Review

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 191-219

  Wang, Erchie ^a   Burchfiel, B C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION ZONE; CAINOZOIC; DEFORMATION; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONICS;

ASIA, HIMALAYAS;

EID: 0031446044     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206819709465267     Document Type: Article

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