Episodic rifting of continental marginal basins and tectonic events since 10 Ma in the South China Sea

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-23

  Li, Sitian ^a   Lin, Changsong ^b   Zhang, Qiming ^c   Yang, Shigong ^a   Wu, Peikan ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c China Offshore Oil Nanhai East Corporation   (China)

^d China Offshore Oil Donghai Corp   (China)

Author keywords

Continental marginal basin; Dynamic process; Episodic rifting; South China Sea (SCS)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003327672     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03182877     Document Type: Review

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