Structural evolution of the Day Nui Con Voi metamorphic complex: Implications on the development of the Red River Shear Zone, Northern Vietnam

Journal of Structural Geology

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1540-1553

  Yeh, Meng Wan ^a   Lee, Tung Yi ^a   Lo, Ching Hua ^b   Chung, Sun Lin ^b   Lan, Ching Ying ^c   Anh, Tran Tuan ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d National Centre for Natural Science and Technology   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Dai Nui Con Voi; Red River Shear Zone; Structure; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE INTERPRETATIONS; AXIAL PLANES; COMPLEX SUPPORTS; DAI NUI CON VOI; DEFORMATION HISTORIES; DUCTILE DEFORMATIONS; EURASIA; FAULTING EVENTS; KINEMATIC INDICATORS; LATERAL MOVEMENTS; MICROSTRUCTURAL; MIOCENE; MYLONITE; OLIGOCENE; RED RIVER SHEAR ZONE; RED RIVERS; SHEAR ZONES; SOUTH CHINA BLOCKS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; STRUCTURAL EVOLUTIONS; STRUCTURE; TRIASSIC; VIET NAM;

DEFORMATION; DOMES; FABRICS; GARNETS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; KINEMATICS; RIVERS; SHEARING; SHEARING MACHINES; SILICATE MINERALS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION; TECTONICS;

METAMORPHIC ROCKS;

COLLISION ZONE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; KINEMATICS; METAMORPHISM; MYLONITE; SHEAR ZONE; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY; TRIASSIC;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK;

EID: 56349157003     PISSN: 01918141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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