Rifting process and formation mechanisms of syn-rift stage prolongation in the deepwater basin, northern South China Sea

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 3715-3725

  Dong, DongDong ^a   Wu, ShiGuo ^a,c   Zhang, GongCheng ^d   Yuan, ShengQiang ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^d CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Breakup unconformity; Deepwater basin; Rifting; South China Sea; Tectonic subsidence

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349133843     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0326-1     Document Type: Article

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