Present-day heat flow, thermal history and tectonic subsidence of the East China Sea Basin

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1095-1105

  Yang, Shuchun ^a   Hu, Shengbiao ^a   Cai, Dongsheng ^b   Feng, Xiaojie ^b   Chen, Linlin ^c   Gao, Le ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b China Offshore Oil Exploration   (China)

^c Bureau of Marine Geol Shanghai MGRC   (China)

Author keywords

East China Sea basin; Heat flow; Tectonic subsidence; Thermal history; Thermo tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

HEAT FLOW MEASUREMENTS; TECTONIC SUBSIDENCE; THERMAL HISTORY;

EROSION; HEAT TRANSFER; REFLECTION; TEMPERATURE;

TECTONICS;

BASIN EVOLUTION; HEAT FLOW; PLATE TECTONICS; SUBSIDENCE; THERMAL EVOLUTION;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 5744250316     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2004.05.007     Document Type: Article

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