Geological belts, plate boundaries, and mineral deposits in Myanmar / Andrew Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, A. H. G., author.

Ridd, Michael F. (Michael Frederick), 1936- author.

Racey, Andrew, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geology, Structural--Burma.

Geology, Structural.

Plate tectonics--Burma.

Plate tectonics.

Burma.

Physical Description:

xviii, 509 pages : illustrations (mostly color), maps (mostly color) ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier, [2018]

Contents:

Introduction

Myanmar east of the Sagaing Fault. The Shan Plateau west of the Salween

Myanmar east of the Salween : the Sibumasu-Mong Yawng arc collision and related tin mineralization

The Mergui group and equivalents in the Slate Belt, Phayaungtaung and the Gaoliogong Range (northeastern Myanmar)

Paung Laung-Mawchi zone

Granites, minor intrusions, and mineralization in the Slate Belt, Phayaungtaung, and Gaoligong Range

Mogok metamorphic belt

Tagaung-Myitkyina Belt and Katha-Gangaw Range

Myanmar west of the Sagaing Fault. Popa-Loimye magmatic arc

Central Burma depression and its petroleum occurrences / Michael F. Ridd

The Indo-Burman ranges and the Arakan coastal lowland

Exploration history and petroleum geology of offshore Myanmar / Andrew Racey

Hukawng Basin, the amber mines, and the Orbitolina limestone

Jade mines-Loimaw uplift

Kumon Range

Myanmar east and west of the Sagaing Fault. Chaun Kan gneiss and the India collision zone in northwestern Myanmar

Popa-Loimye arc, correlations with Tibet, and alluvial diamonds in Myanmar

Myanmar orogens and Flysch, potential for mineral discoveries, and Shan scarps and jade mines cross sections.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0128033827

9780128033821

OCLC:

974016690