Role of the Red River Shear zone, Yunnan and Vietnam, in the continental extrusion of SE Asia

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 163, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1025-1036

  Searle, Mike P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATEXIS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLIZATION; METAMORPHISM; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GULF OF TONKIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; RED RIVER [ASIA]; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM; YUNNAN;

EID: 33750690550     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492005-144     Document Type: Article

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