Discussion on the role of the Red River shear zone, Yunnan and Vietnam, in the continental extrusion of SE Asia

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 164, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1253-1260

  Leloup, P Herve ^a   Tapponnier, P ^b   Lacassin, R ^b   Searle, Mike P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE DU GLOBE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 35748940963     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-065     Document Type: Note

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