Pulsed emplacement of the mount Kinabalu granite, northern Borneo

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-60

  Cottam, M ^a   Hall, R ^a   Sperber, C ^a   Armstrong, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; MAGMATISM; TERTIARY; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

EAST MALAYSIA; MALAYSIA; MOUNT KINABALU; SABAH;

EID: 74849094192     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492009-028     Document Type: Article

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