Exhumation of the Ailao Shan shear zone recorded by Cenozoic sedimentary rocks, Yunnan Province, China

Tectonics

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  Schoenbohm, Lindsay M ^a   Burchfiel, B Clark ^b   Liangzhong, Chen ^c   Jiyun, Yin ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Yunnan Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENOZOIC; EXHUMATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCK;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

EID: 33144475074     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005TC001803     Document Type: Article

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