Southeastern extension of the Red River fault zone (RRFZ) and its tectonic evolution significance in western South China Sea

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 839-850

  Liu, Baoming ^a,b,c   Xia, Bin ^a   Li, Xuxuan ^a,c   Zhang, Minqiang ^a,c   Niu, Binhua ^b   Zhong, Lifeng ^a   Jin, Qinghuan ^a,d   Ji, Shaocheng ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^c CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^d Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^e ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Extension; Fault; Red River fault zone; Tectonic evolution; Western South China Sea

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATIONAL PROSPECTING; LANDFORMS; MAGNETIC PROSPECTING; SEISMIC PROSPECTING;

FAULT ZONE; INTRAPLATE FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

TECTONICS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; EXTENSION; FAULT ZONE; RIVER BASIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; RED RIVER [ASIA]; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 33750994036     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-006-0839-x     Document Type: Article

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