Denudation history of South China block and sediment supply to northern margin of the South China Sea

Journal of Earth Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 57-65

  Yan, Yi ^a   Hu, Xiaoqiong ^a   Lin, Ge ^a   Xia, Bin ^a   Li, Xiaoyong ^b   Patel, Remesh Chandra ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fission track; Morphotectonic evolution; Northern margin of the SCS; Passive margin

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; COOLING; DENUDATION; EROSION RATE; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; RIFTING; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUBSIDENCE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; UPLIFT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU; SOUTH CHINA BLOCK; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANGKOU BASIN;

EID: 70349976093     PISSN: 1674487X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12583-009-0006-3     Document Type: Review

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