Crustal structure and extension from slope to deepsea basin in the northern South China Sea

Journal of Earth Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 27-37

  Hu, Dengke ^a,b   Zhou, Di ^c   Wu, Xiangjie ^d   He, Min ^d   Pang, Xiong ^d   Wang, Yuwei ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^d CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^e Guangdong Institute of Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

Baiyun sag; Crustal structure; Moho; Northern South China Sea; Stretching

Indexed keywords

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DATA INVERSION; DIP; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MOHO; PULL APART BASIN; SEGMENTATION; SEISMOTECTONICS; SHELF BREAK; VERTICAL SEISMIC PROFILE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 70349972848     PISSN: 1674487X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12583-009-0003-6     Document Type: Article

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