Crustal p-wave velocity structure and layering beneath Zhujiangkou - Qiongdongnan basins, the northern continental margin of South China Sea

Acta Geophysica Sinica

Volumn 52, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2461-2471

  Zhang, Zhong Jie ^a   Liu, Yi Feng ^a,b,c   Zhang, Su Fang ^a   Zhang, Gong Cheng ^b   Fan, Wei Ming ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c CNOOC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Crustal structure; Lithosphere thinning; Residual lower crustal mafic layer; South China Sea; Underplating; Zhujiankou and Qiongdongnan basins

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THINNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; P-WAVE; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SEISMIC VELOCITY; SPATIAL VARIATION; TECTONIC WEDGE; UNDERPLATING; VELOCITY STRUCTURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; QIONGDONGNAN BASIN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; ZHUJIANGKOU BASIN;

EID: 76749166231     PISSN: 00015733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0001-5733.2009.10.005     Document Type: Article

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