The age of the potassic alkaline igneous rocks along the Ailao Shan-Red River Shear Zone: Implications for the onset age of left-lateral shearing: A discussion

Journal of Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-204

  Chung, Sun Lin ^a   Searle, Michael P ^a,b   Yeh, Meng Wang ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 42949107510     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/527458     Document Type: Note

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