Cenozoic denudation history of southern Hainan Island, South China Sea: Constraints from low temperature thermochronology

Tectonophysics

Volumn 504, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 100-115

  Shi, Xiaobin ^a   Kohn, Barry ^b   Spencer, Steven ^b   Guo, Xingwei ^c   Li, Yamin ^a,d   Yang, Xiaoqiu ^a,d   Shi, Hongcai ^a,d   Gleadow, Andrew ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Hainan Island; Low temperature thermochronology; Qiongdongnan Basin; Red River Fault Zone; South China Sea; Yinggehai Basin

Indexed keywords

HAINAN ISLAND; LOW TEMPERATURES; QIONGDONGNAN BASIN; RED RIVER; SOUTH CHINA SEA; YINGGEHAI BASIN;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; PETROLEUM GEOLOGY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; RIVERS;

COOLING;

AGE DETERMINATION; COOLING; DENUDATION; EOCENE-OLIGOCENE BOUNDARY; FISSION TRACK DATING; GEOTHERMAL GRADIENT; PALEOTEMPERATURE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TECTONIC SETTING; THERMOCHRONOLOGY;

CHINA; HAINAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; QIONGDONGNAN BASIN; RED RIVER FAULT ZONE; SOUTH CHINA SEA; YINGGEHAI BASIN;

EID: 79955470406     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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