Patterns and dynamics of rifting on passive continental margin from shelf to slope of the northern South China Sea: Evidence from 3D analogue modeling

Journal of Earth Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 136-146

  Sun, Zhen ^a   Zhou, Di ^a   Wu, Shimin ^a   Zhong, Zhihong ^b   Myra, Keep ^c   Jiang, Jianqun ^d   Fan, Hao ^d  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d PETROCHINA COMPANY LIMITED   (China)

Author keywords

3D analogue modeling; Passive continental margin; Rifting pattern; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEFORMATION; LITHOSPHERE; PASSIVE MARGIN; PERTURBATION; RHEOLOGY; RIFTING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 70349973708     PISSN: 1674487X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12583-009-0011-6     Document Type: Article

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