Tectonic evolution of the Northeastern South China Sea from seismic interpretation

Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Yeh, Yi Ching ^a,b   Sibuet, Jean Claude ^c   Hsu, Shu Kun ^a   Liu, Char Shine ^d  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CONTINENTAL BREAKUP; DATA INTERPRETATION; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MIOCENE; OCEANIC CRUST; PLATE BOUNDARY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; UNCONFORMITY; UPLIFT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 77954354744     PISSN: 21699313     EISSN: 21699356     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JB006354     Document Type: Article

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