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Geological Belts, Plate Boundaries, and Mineral Deposits in Myanmar
Author: Mitchell Andrew
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Keywords
100Ma arc life; Antimony deposits; Basal Permian unconformity; Bawdwin VMS deposits; Carbonate-hosted lead-zinc; Central Burma Depression; Chaun Kan Gneiss; Collision granites; Cretaceous batholith; Diamictites; Disang flysch; Epithermal gold vein systems; Giant chalcocite-covellite deposit; Indian crust; Man Makhsan tin mines; Mergui and Taungnyo Groups; Microcontinent; Myanmar; Orogenies; Overpressured; Overpressuring; Paleo-Tethys; Petroleum; Ruby-sapphire; Thrust emplacement; Wet sediment sills
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PART I1. Introduction
PART II MYANMAR EAST OF THE SAGAING FAULT2. The Shan Plateau west of the Salween3. Myanmar east of the Salween: the Sibumasu-Mong Yawng arc collision and related tin mineralisation4. The Mergui Group and equivalents in the Slate belt, Phayaungtaung, and the Gaoligong Range (northeastern Myanmar)5. Paung Laung-Mawchi zone6. Granites, minor intrusions and mineralisation in the Slate belt, Phayaungtaung and the Gaoligong Range7. Mogok Metamorphic belt8. Tagaung-Myitkyina belt and Katha-Gangaw Range
PART III MYANMAR WEST OF THE SAGAING FAULT9. Popa-Loimye magmatic arc10. Central Burma Depression and its petroleum occurrences11. Indo-Burman Ranges12. Exploration history and petroleum geology of offshore Myanmar13. Hukawng basin14. Jade Mines Uplift15. Kumon Range
PART IV MYANMAR EAST AND WEST OF THE SAGAING FAULT16. Chaun Kan Gneiss and the India collision in northwestern Myanmar17. Restored position of Popa-Loimye arc, correlations with Tibet, and alluvial diamonds in Myanmar
- Provides an accessible history of the geological research and mineral exploration and extraction conducted in Myanmar and an overview of its rich mineral resources
- Presents the historical and current plate tectonic activity in the region, offering seismologists and geophysicists a guide to Myanmar’s structural geology and risk for earthquake activity
- Richly illustrated with more than 100 maps, diagrams and photographs to capture the geology of Myanmar and aid in the retention of key concepts
- Focuses on the nature and history of the structural belts and terranes of Myanmar