Characteristics of migrating submarine canyons from the middle Miocene to present: Implications for paleoceanographic circulation, northern South China Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 307-319

  Zhu, Mangzheng ^a   Graham, Stephan ^b   Pang, Xiong ^c   McHargue, Timothy ^b  

^a CHEVRON ENERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c China National Offshore Oil Company Limited Shenzhen   (China)

Author keywords

Bottom current deposits; Paleoceanography; Pearl River Mouth Basin; Seismic facies; South China Sea; Submarine canyons

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENT DEPOSITS; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PEARL RIVER MOUTH BASIN; SEISMIC FACIES; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SUBMARINE CANYONS;

DEPOSITS; GEMS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMOLOGY; SUBMARINES; TURBIDITY;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

BOTTOM CURRENT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; EROSION; GRAVITY FLOW; MIOCENE; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SUBMARINE CANYON; THALWEG; THERMOHALINE CIRCULATION; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANGKOU BASIN;

EID: 70350580764     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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