Palaeocurrents and provenance of the Mae Rim Formation, Northern Thailand: Implications for tectonic evolution of the Chiang Mai basin

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 51-63

  Rhodes, Brady P ^a   Conejo, Richard ^a   Benchawan, Teekayu ^b   Titus, Susan ^a   Lawson, Ross ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Basin; Palaeogeography; Stratigraphy; Tectonics; Thailand

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; PALEOCURRENT; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; CHIANG MUAN BASIN; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; WORLD;

EID: 13344260667     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764903-128     Document Type: Article

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