Tectono-stratigraphic terranes and detachment faulting of the South China Sea and Sulu Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 130, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 39-51

  Schluter H U ^a   Hinz, K ^a   Block, M ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENT MARGIN; DETACHMENT FAULTING; LITHOLOGY; SEISMIC SURVEY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; TECTONO-STRATIGRAPHIC TERRANES; TERRANE;

CHINA; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SULU SEA;

EID: 0029729938     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-3227(95)00137-9     Document Type: Article

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