Cretaceous palaeomagnetism of Indochina and surrounding regions: Cenozoic tectonic implications

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 226, Issue , 2004, Pages 273-287

  Chi, Cung Thuong ^a   Dorobek, Steven L ^b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; PALEOMAGNETISM; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 5544262733     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2004.226.01.15     Document Type: Article

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