Kinematics and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Gaoligong and Chongshan shear systems, western Yunnan, China: Implications for early Oligocene tectonic extrusion of SE Asia

Tectonophysics

Volumn 418, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 235-254

  Wang, Yuejun ^a   Fan, Weiming ^a   Zhang, Yanhua ^b   Peng, Touping ^a   Chen, Xinyue ^a   Xu, Yigang ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar geochronology; Early Oligocene; Gaoligong and Chongshan shear systems; Kinematics; Tectonic extrusion; Western Yunnan

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; KINEMATICS; OLIGOCENE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

EID: 33646440441     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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