Understanding of the geological and geodynamic controls on the formation of the South China Sea: A numerical modelling approach

Journal of Geodynamics

Volumn 42, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 63-84

  Xia, Bin ^a   Zhang, Y ^b   Cui, X J ^a   Liu, B M ^a   Xie, J H ^a   Zhang, S L ^a   Lin, G ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

India Eurasia collision; Numerical modelling; Red River Fault; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ASTHENOSPHERE; COLLISION ZONE; EURASIAN PLATE; FORMATION MECHANISM; INDIAN PLATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PLATE MOTION; RHEOLOGY; UPWELLING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 33747811099     PISSN: 02643707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jog.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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