Tectonic evolution and dynamics of deepwater area of Pearl River Mouth basin, northern South China Sea

Journal of Earth Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 147-159

  Dong, Dongdong ^a,b   Zhang, Gongcheng ^c   Zhong, Kai ^b   Yuan, Shengqiang ^a,d   Wu, Shiguo ^a,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^c CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^e CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Dynamic mechanism; Pearl River Mouth basin; South China Sea; Stretching factor; Tectonic evolution

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL THINNING; DEEP WATER; EURASIAN PLATE; NEOTECTONICS; PHILIPPINE SEA PLATE; RIFTING; SEISMIC DATA; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANISM;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANGKOU BASIN;

EID: 70349142050     PISSN: 1674487X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12583-009-0016-1     Document Type: Article

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