Deep structure and dynamics of passive continental margin from shelf to ocean of the northern South China Sea

Journal of Earth Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 38-48

  Wu, Xiangjie ^a   Pang, Xiong ^a   Shi, Hesheng ^a   He, Min ^a   Shen, Jun ^a   Zhang, Xiangtao ^a   Hu, Dengke ^b,c  

^a CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Deep structure; Dynamics; Geophysical inversion; Northern South China Sea; Passive margin

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; CRUSTAL THICKENING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DATA INVERSION; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; MOHO; OCEAN BASIN; PASSIVE MARGIN; RIFTING; SEISMOTECTONICS; SHELF BREAK;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 70349973796     PISSN: 1674487X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12583-009-0004-5     Document Type: Article

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