Parallel Tethyan sutures in mainland Southeast Asia: New insights for Palaeo-Tethys closure and implications for the Indosinian orogeny

Comptes Rendus - Geoscience

Volumn 340, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 166-179

  Sone, Masatoshi ^a   Metcalfe, Ian ^b  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indochina; Permian; Suture; Tethys; Thailand; Triassic; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; ISLAND ARC; OROGENY; PERMIAN; SUTURE ZONE; TETHYS; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDOCHINA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; THAILAND; VIET NAM; YUNNAN;

EID: 38949094145     PISSN: 16310713     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crte.2007.09.008     Document Type: Article

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