Research on the dynamics of the South China Sea opening: Evidence from analogue modeling

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1053-1069

  Sun, Zhen ^a,b   Zhou, Di ^a   Zhong, Zhihong ^c   Xia, Bin ^b   Qiu, Xuelin ^a   Zeng, Zuoxun ^d   Jiang, Jianqun ^e  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^d CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^e PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED   (China)

Author keywords

Analogue modeling; Clockwise rotation; Rifting and drifting; Rigid massifs; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

ANALOGUE NODELING; CLOCKWISE ROTATION; DRIFTING; FAULT PATTERN; RIFTING; SEA EVOLUTION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ANALOG MODEL; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; MARGINAL SEA; RIFTING; STRESS FIELD; SUBDUCTION ZONE;

GULF OF TONKIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANGKOU BASIN;

EID: 33749482270     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-006-1053-6     Document Type: Article

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