Exploring the Distribution and Occurrence of Cenozoic Volcanic Geoheritages in the Khorat Plateau, Thailand

Quaestiones Geographicae

Volume 44 (2025): Issue 3 (September 2025)

By:

Vimoltip Singtuen

and Supakit Srisaphon

Open Access

|Jul 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2025-0031 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103

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Language: English

Page range: 47 - 61

Submitted on: Mar 1, 2025

Published on: Jul 16, 2025

Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University

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Keywords:

volcano,

geochemistry,

petrography,

Cenozoic volcanic rocks,

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