A new model for the Indochina and South China collision during the Late Permian to the Middle Triassic

Tectonophysics

Volumn 467, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 35-43

  Cai, Jian Xin ^a,b   Zhang, Kai Jun ^a,c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Continental collision; Indochina; Indosinian orogen; Nanpanjiang basin; Paleotethys; South China

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL COLLISION; INDOCHINA; INDOSINIAN OROGEN; NANPANJIANG BASIN; PALEOTETHYS; SOUTH CHINA;

OCEAN ENGINEERING; OCEANOGRAPHY;

TECTONICS;

ACTIVE MARGIN; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DISPLACEMENT; FAULT ZONE; OROGENY; PASSIVE MARGIN; PERMIAN-TRIASSIC BOUNDARY; PLATE TECTONICS; SUTURE ZONE; TETHYS; TRANSFORM FAULT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAINAN; INDOCHINA; NANPANJIANG BASIN; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 61349151646     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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