Seismic stratigraphy of the western South Korea Plateau, East Sea: Implications for tectonic history and sequence development during back-arc evolution

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 181-189

  Kwon, Y K ^a   Yoon, S H ^b   Chough, S K ^c  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC; BACK-ARC OPENING; CLOSING PHASE; COMPRESSIONAL; CONTINENTAL BLOCKS; CONTINENTAL RIFTING; HALF GRABEN; HEMIPELAGIC SEDIMENTS; HIGH RATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MIDDLE MIOCENE; MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC REFLECTION PROFILES; PLIOCENE; SEA OF JAPAN; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SOUTH KOREA; SYN-RIFT; TECTONIC HISTORY; VOLCANIC ACTIVITIES;

BUILDINGS; CAVITY RESONATORS; DEPOSITS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; REFLECTION; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BACKARC BASIN; FAULTING; RIFTING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; SOUTH KOREA PLATEAU;

EID: 67349194711     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-009-0133-y     Document Type: Article

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