Direct dating of left-lateral deformation along the Red River shear zone, China and Vietnam

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2003, Pages

  Gilley, Lisa D ^a,b   Harrison, T Mark ^a,c   Leloup, P H ^d   Ryerson, F J ^e   Lovera, Oscar M ^a   Wang, Jiang Hai ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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

^e LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Garnet; In situ; Monazite; Red River Shear Zone; South China Sea; Th Pb

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; FAULT SLIP; NEOTECTONICS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

CHINA; VIET NAM;

EID: 0038268708     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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