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Author Wang, Pinxian, author.

Title Geology of the China Seas / Pinxian Wang, Qianyu Li and Chun-Feng Li.

Publication Info. Oxford, UK : Elsevier, 2014.

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Series Developments in marine geology ; 6
Developments in marine geology ; 6.
Note Includes index.
Summary Geology of the China Seas represents the first English-language synthesis of the available research into the geology of the South and East China Seas. Among the marginal basins worldwide, these areas have been the focus of extensive research activities in the last three decades, and are now among the global hot spots in hydrocarbon explorations and scientific investigations. The region is experiencing rapid economic development with the offshore petroleum industry providing approximately one third of the domestic hydrocarbon production for mainland China. Gas hydrates have been successfully recovered from the China Seas for the first time. Over the years, many volumes on the geology of the China Seas have been published in Chinese. Although an increasing number of papers in English have appeared recently, the majority deal with local or regional paleo-environment and sedimentology, and are scattered in different journals. This book brings together this rich data in one resource, particularly that generated by Chinese marine geologists and petroleum geologists, and provides the very first synthesis of the geology off China.
Note Online resource; title from PDF title page (ScienceDirect, viewed June 26, 2014).
Contents Cover image; Title page; Table of Contents; Copyright; Chapter 1: Introduction; Abstract; Acknowledgments; Chapter 2: General Outline of the China Seas; Abstract; 2.1 Introduction: Marginal Seas Between Asia and Pacific; 2.2 Bathymetry and Geomorphology; 2.3 River Deltas and Catchments; 2.4 Oceanography and Climatology; 2.5 Oceanographic Summary; Chapter 3: Tectonic Framework and Magmatism; Abstract; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Outline of Present-Day Tectonic Framework; 3.3 Mesozoic Tectonic Background; 3.4 Cenozoic Continental Margin Rifting and Subsidence; 3.5 The SCS and Okinawa Trough
3.6 Magmatisms and Neotectonics3.7 Tectonic Summary; Chapter 4: Sedimentology; Abstract; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Modern Sediment Distribution; 4.3 Depositional History; 4.4 Terrigenous Sediments; 4.5 Biogenic Sediments; 4.6 Volcanic Sediments; 4.7 Sedimentologic Summary; Chapter 5: Basins and Stratigraphy; Abstract; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 An Overview of Lithostratigraphy; 5.3 Regional Stratigraphy and Sequence Stratigraphy; 5.4 Isotopic and Astronomical Stratigraphy; 5.5 Stratigraphic Summary; Chapter 6: Paleoceanography and Sea-Level Changes; Abstract; 6.1 Introduction
6.2 Paleoceanography: Long-Term Trends6.3 Late Quaternary Paleoceanography and Sea-Level Changes; 6.4 Summary; Chapter 7: Hydrocarbon and Mineral Resources; Abstract; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Hydrocarbon Resources; 7.3 Mineral Resources; 7.4 Other Resources; 7.5 Summary; Chapter 8: History of the China Seas; Abstract; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Occurrences of Pre-Oligocene Marine Deposits; 8.3 Formation of Modern China Seas; 8.4 Debates on Cenozoic Marine Transgressions in China; Chapter 9: Concluding Remarks; Abstract; 9.1 Relatively Young Age of Formation
9.2 Effect of Topographic Reversal of East Asia9.3 Restricted Connection with the Open Ocean; 9.4 Extensive Continental Shelves; Index
Subject Geology -- China Sea.
Submarine geology.
China Sea.
Geology.
Seas.
Geology
Oceans and Seas
Géologie -- Chine, Mer de.
Chine, Mer de.
Géologie.
Mers.
geology.
seas.
Seas
Geology
Submarine geology
Pacific Ocean -- China Sea
Added Author Li, Qianyu, author.
Li, Chun-Feng, author.
ISBN 9780444593887 (electronic bk.)
0444593888 (electronic bk.)
9780444593948
0444593942
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CHDSB 006380540
CHVBK 333928164
DEBBG BV042300027
DEBSZ 410120464
DEBSZ 44618280X
DEBSZ 482466200
GBVCP 789837951
NZ1 15741959

 
    
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