Mineral provinces and material provenance of the surficial sediments near the Zhongsha Islands in the South China Sea

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-76

  Yan, Quanshu ^a,b,c   Shi, Xuefa ^b   Wang, Kunshan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Light mineral; Material provenance; Minerals province; South China Sea; Zhongsha Islands

Indexed keywords

BIOGENIC MINERAL; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; ISLAND ARC; PROVENANCE; SEAMOUNT; SUBMARINE CANYON; SURFICIAL SEDIMENT; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDOCHINA; INDONESIA; KALIMANTAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 34247357782     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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