Large-scale erosional response of SE Asia to monsoon evolution reconstructed from sedimentary records of the Song Hong-Yinggehai and Qiongdongnan Basins, South China Sea

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 342, Issue , 2010, Pages 219-244

  van Hoang, Long ^a   Clift, Peter D ^a   Schwab, Anne M ^b   Huuse, Mads ^a   Nguyen, Duc Anh ^c   Zhen, Sun ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Marathon International Petroleum (GB) Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Vietnam Petroleum Institute   (Viet Nam)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN EVOLUTION; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; CORE ANALYSIS; EROSION; MINERALOGY; PALEOCENE-EOCENE BOUNDARY; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION RATE; UPLIFT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; QIONGDONGNAN BASIN; SONG HONG BASIN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; YINGGEHAI BASIN;

EID: 77956031786     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/SP342.13     Document Type: Article

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