Suture zones in western Indochina continent
Abstract
Suture is a collage of two continental blocks or two volcanic arcs or a volcanic arc and a continental block. The geological characteristics of suture zone are very complicated with many geological formations which were formed in diff erent tectonic settings, environmental depositions and geological ages. In the paper, the author gave a brief introduction of the Changning-Menglian, Chiang Mai-Inthanon, Chanthaburi and Bentong-Raub sutures (the boundaries between the Sibumasu continent and the volcanic arcs of Lincang, Sukhothai, Chanthaburi and East Malay); and the Jinghong, Nan-Uttradit, Sa Kaeo-Hon Chuoi sutures (the boundaries between the volcanic arcs of Lincang, Sukhothai, Chanthaburi-Tho Chu and the western margin of the Indochina continent). The study results play an important role in geological interpretation of geophysical data for hydrocarbon exploration within pre-Cenozoic geological formations in the Southwest of Vietnam.
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