Tectonic evolution of the Mogok metamorphic belt, Burma (Myanmar) constrained by U-Th-Pb dating of metamorphic and magmatic rocks

Tectonics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Searle, Mike P ^a   Noble, S R ^b   Cottle, J M ^a   Waters, D J ^a   Mitchell, A H G ^c   Hlaing, Tin ^c   Horstwood, M S A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Ivanhoe Myanmar Holdings Ltd   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAMORPHISM; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE; TERTIARY; THORIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ASIA; EURASIA; MOGOK METAMORPHIC BELT; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 34548301287     PISSN: 02787407     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006TC002083     Document Type: Article

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