Preferential mantle lithospheric extension under the South China margin

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 929-945

  Clift, Peter ^a   Lin, Jian ^a  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Cenozoic; Extension; South China; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

LITHOSPHERE;

CATCHMENTS; DEFORMATION; STRAIN; WELLS;

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY;

CENOZOIC; EXTENSION; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TERTIARY;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0035465889     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0264-8172(01)00037-X     Document Type: Article

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