The final rifting evolution in the South China Sea

Marine and Petroleum Geology

Volumn 58, Issue PB, 2014, Pages 704-720

  Franke, Dieter ^a   Savva, Dimitri ^b   Pubellier, Manuel ^b   Steuer, Stephan ^a   Mouly, Benoit ^c   Auxietre, Jean Luc ^c   Meresse, Florian ^b,c   Chamot Rooke, Nicolas ^b  

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

^b LABORATOIRE DE GÉOLOGIE   (France)

^c TOTAL   (France)

Author keywords

Detachment faulting; Magma poor margins; Rifting; South China Sea; Subsidence deficit; Wide rift

Indexed keywords

CARBONATES; FAULT SLIPS; FAULTING; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SUBSIDENCE;

DETACHMENT FAULTING; MAGMA-POOR MARGINS; RIFTING; SOUTH CHINA SEA; WIDE RIFT;

TECTONICS;

CARBONATE PLATFORM; CENOZOIC; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CRUST-MANTLE BOUNDARY; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; CRUSTAL THICKNESS; DEFORMATION; DETACHMENT FAULT; MAGMA; MOHO; NORMAL FAULT; RIFTING; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHALLOW WATER; SUBSIDENCE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 84918576962     PISSN: 02648172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2013.11.020     Document Type: Article

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