Role of the Wan-Na fault system in the western Nansha Islands (Southern South China Sea)

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 221-233

  Liu, Hai ling ^a,b   Yan, Pin ^b   Zhang, Bo you ^a   Sun, Yan ^c   Zhang, Yi xiang ^b   Shu, Liang shu ^c   Qiu, Xue lin ^b   Guo, Ling zhi ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamics; Extensional contractional dextral strike slip system model; South china sea

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; OCEANIC CRUST; PULL APART BASIN; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING; TERTIARY;

PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SPRATLY ISLANDS;

EID: 16544387637     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(03)00121-4     Document Type: Article

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