Jurassic dextral movement along the Dien Bien Phu fault, NW Vietnam: Constraints from 40 Ar/39 Ar geochronology

Journal of Geology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-199

  Lin, Te Hsien ^a   Lo, Chmg Uua ^a   Chung, Sun Lin ^a   Wang, Pei Ling ^a,b   Yeh, Meng Wan ^a,c   Lee, Tung Yi ^a,c   Lan, Ching Ying ^a,d   Vuong, Nguyen Van ^a,e   Anh, Tran Taan ^a,f  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^e VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; JURASSIC; MICA; MYLONITE; SCHIST; SHEAR STRESS; SUTURE ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 65949087861     PISSN: 00221376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/595965     Document Type: Article

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