Provenance of the tertiary sedimentary rocks of the Indo-Burman Ranges, Burma (Myanmar): Burman arc or Himalayan-derived?

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 165, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1045-1057

  Allen, R ^a   Najman, Y ^a   Carter, A ^b   Barfod, D ^c   Bickle, M J ^d   Chapman, H J ^d   Garzanti, E ^e   Vezzoli, G ^e   Ando S ^e   Parrish, R R ^f,g  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^f BGS   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY MINERAL; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MESOZOIC; PETROGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TERTIARY; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

ASIA; EURASIA; HIMALAYAS; INDONESIAN SEAS; MYANMAR; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA ARC;

EID: 65449118049     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-143     Document Type: Article

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