Post-spreading transpressive faults in the South China Sea Basin

Tectonophysics

Volumn 450, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 70-78

  Yan, Pin ^a   Wang, Yanlin ^a   Liu, Hailing ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Post spreading tectonism; Satellite altimetry derived bathymetry; The oceanic basin; The south china sea; Transpressive fault

Indexed keywords

ANEROID ALTIMETERS; BATHYMETRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUTETIUM COMPOUNDS; SATELLITES; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS;

OCEANIC BASIN; POST-SPREADING TECTONISM; SATELLITE ALTIMETRY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC REFLECTION DATA; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTH CHINA SEA BASIN; STRIKE-SLIP MOTION;

FAULT SLIPS;

EID: 84862908368     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2008.01.015     Document Type: Article

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