Geological development of the Central and South Vietnamese margin: Implications for the establishment of the South China Sea, Indochinese escape tectonics and Cenozoic volcanism

Tectonophysics

Volumn 478, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 184-214

  Fyhn, Michael B W ^a   Boldreel, Lars O ^a   Nielsen, Lars H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Continental margin; Escape tectonics; Seismic analysis; South China Sea; Vietnam; Volcanism

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; ESCAPE TECTONICS; SEISMIC ANALYSIS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; VIETNAM; VOLCANISM;

SEISMOLOGY;

TECTONICS;

BLOCK ROTATION; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TRANSTENSION; UPLIFT; VOLCANISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 70449133437     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.08.002     Document Type: Article

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