The Red River Fault zone in the Yinggehai Basin, South China Sea

Tectonophysics

Volumn 476, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 397-417

  Zhu, Mangzheng ^a   Graham, Stephan ^b   McHargue, Tim ^a  

^a Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

India Asia collision; Red River Fault; Slip reversal; South China Sea; Yinggehai Basin

Indexed keywords

INDIA-ASIA COLLISION; RED RIVER FAULT; SLIP REVERSAL; SOUTH CHINA SEA; YINGGEHAI BASIN;

PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM REFINERIES;

RIVERS;

COLLISION ZONE; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; DEFORMATION; FAULT ZONE; MAPPING METHOD; MIOCENE; OROGENY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SLIP; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; RED RIVER FAULT ZONE; SOUTH CHINA SEA; YINGGEHAI BASIN;

EID: 70349968090     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.06.015     Document Type: Article

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