Stratigraphic architecture and evolution of the continental slope system in offshore Hainan, northern South China Sea

Marine Geology

Volumn 247, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 129-144

  Xie, Xinong ^a   Müller, R Dietmar ^b   Ren, Jianye ^a   Jiang, Tao ^a   Zhang, Cheng ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

continental slope system; Pliocene; Qiongdongnan basin; slope adjustment; South China Sea; Yinggehai basin

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SLOPE SYSTEM; PLIOCENE; QIONGDONGNAN BASIN; SLOPE ADJUSTMENT; YINGGEHAI BASIN;

CATCHMENTS; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

MARINE ENGINEERING;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; EUSTACY; GROWTH FAULT; MARINE SEDIMENT; OFFSHORE STRUCTURE; PLIOCENE; RIFT ZONE; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; SLOPE DYNAMICS; STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAINAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; QIONGDONGNAN BASIN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; YINGGEHAI BASIN;

EID: 37549002861     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.08.005     Document Type: Article

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