Geodynamic characteristics of tectonic extension in the northern margin of South China Sea

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 437-445

  Zhang, Jian ^a,b   Wang, Jiyang ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Layered deformation of lithosphere; The northern margin of South China Sea; The zone of continental margin; Thermal and rheological structure

Indexed keywords

BRITTLENESS; DEFORMATION; GRAVITATION; RHEOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS; VISCOSITY;

THERMAL STRUCTURES;

TECTONICS;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GEODYNAMICS; TECTONICS;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0035328197     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02909782     Document Type: Article

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