Geological controls on BSR occurrences in the incipient arc-continent collision zone off southwest Taiwan

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1118-1131

  Lin, Che Chuan ^a   Tien Shun Lin, Andrew ^a   Liu, Char Shine ^b   Chen, Guan Yu ^a   Liao, Wei Zhi ^a   Schnurle, Philippe ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bottom simulating reflectors; Gas hydrates; Offshore SW Taiwan; Tectonic features

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY WEDGES; ARC-CONTINENT COLLISIONS; BIOGENIC GAS; BOTTOM SIMULATING REFLECTORS; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; CONTINENTAL SLOPES; FREE GAS; GAS HYDRATE STABILITY ZONES; GEOLOGICAL CONTROLS; INITIAL STAGES; LUZON ARCS; MAIN CHARACTERISTICS; MAJOR OCCURRENCES; MIGRATION PATHS; MULTIPLE FAULTS; OFFSHORE SW TAIWAN; SEA FLOORS; SEISMIC SECTIONS; SOUTH CHINA SEAS; SOUTH CHINAS; STRUCTURAL FEATURES; STUDY AREAS; TECTONIC ACTIVITIES; TECTONIC FEATURES; TECTONIC SETTINGS;

BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); CAVITY RESONATORS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; GASES; HYDRATION; REFLECTION; SEISMOLOGY; SUBMARINES; TECTONICS;

GAS HYDRATES;

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; ARC-CONTINENT COLLISION; COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; FOLD AND THRUST BELT; GAS HYDRATE; HYDROCARBON MIGRATION; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE RIDGE; TECTONIC SETTING;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN;

EID: 67349083567     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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