Deep water bottom current deposition in the northern South China Sea

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1060-1066

  Shao, Lei ^a   Li, XueJie ^b   Geng, JianHua ^a   Pang, Xiong ^c   Lei, YongChang ^c   Qiao, PeiJun ^a   Wang, LiaoLiang ^b   Wang, HongBin ^b  

^a China   (China)

^b Yunnan Institute of Geological Environment Monitoring   (China)

^c CNOOC LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Deep sea deposition; Deep water bottom current; Reflection seismic profile; Sedimentary drift; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA DEPOSITION; REFLECTION SEISMIC PROFILE; SEDIMENTATION RATES;

SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER WAVES;

OCEAN CURRENTS;

BOTTOM CURRENT; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEEP-SEA SEDIMENT; DEPOSITION; DRIFT BEHAVIOR; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STACKING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PRATAS ISLANDS; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 34447335075     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-007-0015-y     Document Type: Article

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