Mesozoic paleogeography and tectonic evolution of South China Sea and adjacent areas in the context of Tethyan and Paleo-Pacific interconnections

Island Arc

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 186-207

  Zhou, Di ^a   Sun, Zhen ^a   Chen, Han Zong ^a   Xu, He Hua ^a   Wang, Wan Yin ^b   Pang, Xiong ^c   Cai, Dong Sheng ^c   Hu, Deng Ke ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b CHANG'AN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CNOOC LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Mesotethys; Mesozoic; Paleogeography; South China Sea; South east Asia; Subduction zone; Tectonic evolution; West Pacific

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; LITHOFACIES; MESOZOIC; OROGENY; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSGRESSION; UPLIFT;

ASIA; EURASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (WEST); SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 43049123798     PISSN: 10384871     EISSN: 14401738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1738.2008.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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