Tectonics of the western margin of the Shan plateau (central Myanmar): Implication for the India-Indochin oblique convergence since the Oligocene

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1139-1157

  Bertrand, Guillaume ^a,b   Rangin, Claude ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brittle; Ductile; Genozoic tectonics; India Asia collision; Mogok Metamorphic Belt; Myanmar; Sagaing fault

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FAULT SCARP; NEOTECTONICS; OLIGOCENE; PLATE CONVERGENCE;

MYANMAR; SHAN PLATEAU;

EID: 0041888244     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(02)00183-9     Document Type: Article

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