Rifting process of the Xihu Depression, East China Sea Basin

Tectonophysics

Volumn 472, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 135-147

  Li, Chun Feng ^a   Zhou, Zuyi ^a   Ge, Heping ^b   Mao, Yunxin ^b  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CNOOC LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Backstripping; East China Sea Basin; Gravity modeling; Nonuniform extension; Stretching factor; Xihu Depression

Indexed keywords

BACKSTRIPPING; EAST CHINA SEA BASIN; GRAVITY MODELING; NONUNIFORM EXTENSION; XIHU DEPRESSION;

SEISMOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONICS;

WELL LOGGING;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIFTING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMOTECTONICS; SUBSIDENCE; WELL LOGGING;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 67349287005     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.04.026     Document Type: Article

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