Thermal and rheological structures of the Xisha Trough, South China Sea

Tectonophysics

Volumn 351, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 285-300

  Shi, Xiaobin ^a   Zhou, Di ^a   Qiu, Xuelin ^a   Zhang, Yixiang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Failed rift; Gravity modeling; Rheological structure; Thermal structure; Xisha Trough

Indexed keywords

DENSITY; GRAVITY ANOMALY; LITHOSPHERE; RHEOLOGY; RIFTING; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0036329856     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0040-1951(02)00162-2     Document Type: Article

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