Opening of the South China Sea by dextral splitting of the East Asian continental margin

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 180-190

  Zhou, Di ^a   Chen, Hanzong ^a   Wu, Shimin ^a   Yu, Ho Shing ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

East Asia continental margin; Marginal sea; Mega shear; Origin of the South China Sea; Splitting of continental margin

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MESOZOIC; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TETHYS;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0036320384     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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