Sedimentary environments of the neogene basins associated with the Cao Bang - Tien Yen Fault, NE Vietnam

Acta Geologica Polonica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 45-69

  Wysocka, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cao Bang Tien Yen Fault; Clastic deposits; Facies associations; Neogene; Phytogenic deposits; Tectono sedimentation; Terrestrial sedimentary basins; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; BASIN EVOLUTION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; EROSION; FACIES ANALYSIS; LITHOFACIES; NEOGENE; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CAO BANG; EURASIA; INDOCHINA; RED RIVER [ASIA]; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 64549117861     PISSN: 00015709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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