Carbonate platform growth and demise offshore Central Vietnam: Effects of Early Miocene transgression and subsequent onshore uplift

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue , 2013, Pages 152-168

  Fyhn, Michael B W ^a   Boldreel, Lars O ^a,b   Nielsen, Lars H ^a   Giang, Tran C ^c   Nga, Le H ^c   Hong, Nguyen T M ^d   Nguyen, Nguyen D ^e   Abatzis, Ioannis ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Vietnam Petroleum Institute   (Viet Nam)

^d HANOI UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND GEOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^e VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Carbonate growth; Miocene; Seismic; South China Sea; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DENUDATION; DEPOSITION; FAULT ZONE; HORST; KARSTIFICATION; MIOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMICITY; SUBSIDENCE; TRANSGRESSION; UPLIFT;

DA NANG; INDOCHINA; NHA TRANG; PACIFIC OCEAN; PARACEL ISLANDS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84884414421     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.02.023     Document Type: Article

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