New micropalaeontological evidence for a Late Triassic Shan-Thai orogeny

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 181-194

  Ishida, Keisuke ^a   Nanba, Ariko ^a   Hirsch, Francis ^b   Kozai, Takeshi ^b   Meesook, Assanee ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b NARUTO UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^c Department of Mineral Resources ^*  (Thailand)

Author keywords

Conodont limestone; End Triassic orogeny; Provenance; Radiolarian chert; Shan Thai Terrane

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749499782     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02910363     Document Type: Article

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