Shallow anatomy of a continent-ocean transition zone in the northern South China Sea from multichannel seismic data

Tectonophysics

Volumn 554-557, Issue , 2012, Pages 18-29

  Zhu, Junjiang ^a   Qiu, Xuelin ^a   Kopp, Heidrun ^b   Xu, Huilong ^a   Sun, Zongxun ^a   Ruan, Aiguo ^c   Sun, Jinlong ^a   Wei, Xiaodong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

^c Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

Author keywords

Continent ocean transition zone; Continental passive margins; Multi channel seismic data; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

BAIYUN SAG; CENOZOIC TECTONICS; CONTINENT-OCEAN TRANSITION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL PASSIVE MARGINS; CONTINENTAL RIFTING; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; FAULT BLOCKS; LITHOSPHERIC EXTENSION; MULTI-CHANNEL SEISMIC; MULTICHANNEL SEISMIC DATA; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; ODP SITE 1148; P-WAVE VELOCITY; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC IMAGE; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SURFACE HEAT FLOW; TECTONIC PROCESS; TRANSITION ZONES; UPLIFT ZONES; VOLCANIC MARGIN; VOLCANIC ZONE;

HEAT TRANSFER; SEISMIC RESPONSE; SEISMIC WAVES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS; VOLCANOES;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CENOZOIC; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; LITHOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; OCEAN-CONTINENT TRANSITION; PASSIVE MARGIN; RIFTING; SEAFLOOR SPREADING; SEISMIC DATA; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VOLCANIC ISLAND;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84863777659     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.05.027     Document Type: Article

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