Links among slope morphology, canyon types and tectonics on passive and active margins in the northernmost South China Sea

Journal of Earth Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 77-84

  Yu, Ho Shing ^a   Chang, Emmy T Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Canyon; Continental margin; Slope morphology; South China Sea; Statistical analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; CANYON; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; PARAMETERIZATION; PASSIVE MARGIN; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ASIA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KWAZULU-NATAL; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TAIWAN;

EID: 70349973709     PISSN: 1674487X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12583-009-0008-1     Document Type: Article

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