Sedimentation in a humid, interior, extensional basin: The Cenozoic Li Basin, northern Thailand

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 333-347

  Nichols, Gary ^a   Uttamo, Wutti ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Basins; Cenozoic; Extensional tectonics; Sedimentation; Thailand

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; PULL APART BASIN; SEDIMENTATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; WORLD;

EID: 15444365161     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-764902-139     Document Type: Article

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