Kaoping Shelf: Morphology and tectonic significance

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 9-18

  Yu, Ho Shing ^a   Chiang, Cheng Shing ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; DEFORMATION; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; SEDIMENTATION; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

SOUTH CHINA SEA, KAOPING SHELF;

EID: 85047673095     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(97)90102-4     Document Type: Article

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