Fan Si Pang granite pinacles culminate at 3143m elevation in NW Vietnam. Granite formation and intrusion, around 35 Ma, is related to left-lateral shear along Ailao Shan - Red River shear zone.



Zhang & Schärer 1999, EPSL
Leloup et al. 2001, J. Geophys. Res.

 

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