Rock relationships in the Mogok metamorphic belt, Tatkon to Mandalay, central Myanmar

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 891-910

  Mitchell, A H G ^a   Htay, Myint Thein ^a   Htun, Kyaw Min ^a   Win, Myint Naing ^a   Oo, Thura ^b   Hlaing, Tin ^a  

^a Ivanhoe Myanmar Holdings Ltd   (Myanmar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YANGON   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Jurassic metamorphism; Mogok metamorphic belt; Myanmar; Shan Thai block

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CRETACEOUS; GOLD; GRANITE; JURASSIC; LIMESTONE; MESOZOIC; METAMORPHISM; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; MINERALIZATION; OROGENIC BELT; PALEOZOIC; SILLIMANITE; TECTONIC STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; MANDALAY; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33847196040     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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