Satellite gravity anomalies and their correlation with the major tectonic features in the South China Sea

Gondwana Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 407-424

  Trung, Nguyen Nhu ^a   Lee, Sang Mook ^b   Que, Bui Cong ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bouguer anomaly; Continent ocean boundary; Isostatic compensation; Satellite gravity; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

BOUGUER ANOMALY; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CORRELATION; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; EURASIAN PLATE; GRAVITY ANOMALY; PACIFIC PLATE; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; SATELLITE DATA; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY;

MANILA TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 1942434604     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)70793-0     Document Type: Article

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