Seismic evidence of hyper-stretched crust and mantle exhumation offshore Vietnam

Tectonophysics

Volumn 608, Issue , 2013, Pages 72-83

  Savva, D ^a   Meresse, F ^a   Pubellier, M ^b   Chamot Rooke, N ^a   Lavier, L ^c   Po, K Wong ^a   Franke, D ^d   Steuer, S ^d   Sapin, F ^e   Auxietre, J L ^e   Lamy, G ^e  

^a LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^b Perak State Government   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^e TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Mantle exhumation; Phu Khanh Basin; Polyphased rifting; South China Sea; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

MANTLE EXHUMATION; PHU KHANH BASIN; POLYPHASED RIFTING; SOUTH CHINA SEA; VIET NAM;

BUILDINGS; SEISMOLOGY;

FAULTING;

BOUDINAGE; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THINNING; EOCENE; EXHUMATION; MAGNETIC ANOMALY; MANTLE SOURCE; METAMORPHISM; MIOCENE; MOHO; OLIGOCENE; RIFTING; SEISMICITY; UPLIFT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84887820181     PISSN: 00401951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2013.07.010     Document Type: Review

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