The dynamics of Yinggehai basin formation and its tectonic significance

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 302-309

  Zhong, Zhihong ^a,b   Wang, Liangshu ^a   Xia, Bin ^b   Dong, Weiliang ^c   Sun, Zhen ^d   Shi, Yangshen ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^d SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Evolution of the South China Sea; Tectonic sedimentary migration; Transtensional rifting basin; Yinggehai basin

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; EOCENE; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; RIFTING; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSTENSION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; YINGGEHAI BASIN;

EID: 5044231674     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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