Cenozoic stratigraphy of Taiwan: Window into rifting, stratigraphy and paleoceanography of South China Sea

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 57, Issue 24, 2012, Pages 3130-3149

  Huang, Chi Yue ^a   Yen, Yi ^a   Zhao, QuanHong ^b   Lin, Chiou Ting ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b Tongji University   (China)

Author keywords

Cenozoic stratigraphy; geological records; ODP Site 1148; South China Sea; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

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EID: 84865818171     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-012-5349-y     Document Type: Review

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