The Burmese Jade Mines belt: origins of jadeitites, serpentinites and ophiolitic peridotites and gabbros

Ophiolitic peridotites in Myanmar (Burma) occur along three major tectonic zones: the Kaleymyo–Nagaland suture along the Indo-Burman Ranges, the Jade Mines belt and the Tagaung–Mytkyina belt. These belts all show harzburgite–lherzolite–dunite peridotites, but the Hpakan-Taw Maw region (Jade Mines be...

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Main Authors: Searle, MP, Palin, RM, Gardiner, NJ, Htun, K, Wade, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Geological Society of London 2023