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 reply

Journal of Geology

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-207

  Liang, Hua Ying ^a,b,c   Campbell, Ian H ^a,b   Allen, Charlotte A ^a,b   Sun, Wei Dong ^a,c   Xie, Ying Weng ^a   Zhang, Yuan Qian ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 42949177995     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/527459     Document Type: Note

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