Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic tectonic and palaeogeographical evolution of SE Asia

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 315, Issue , 2009, Pages 7-23

  Metcalfe, Ian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKARC BASIN; FORMATION MECHANISM; ISLAND ARC; MESOZOIC; PACIFIC PLATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PALEOZOIC; RECONSTRUCTION; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERRANE; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; GONDWANA; OCEAN BASIN; SUTURE ZONE; TETHYS;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BORNEO; CHINA; INDIA; NORTHERN REGION [THAILAND]; SUKHOTHAI; THAILAND;

EID: 67349159893     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP315.2     Document Type: Article

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