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Sedimentary budget; sediment provenance; Asian monsoon; sea-level change; International Ocean Discovery Program; Expeditions 367 and 368; Northwest Sub-basin; RIVER MOUTH BASIN; PASSIVE CONTINENTAL-MARGIN; ASIAN SUMMER MONSOON; QIONGDONGNAN BASIN; BAIYUN SAG; TECTONIC SUBSIDENCE; FLUVIAL SEDIMENTS; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; SUBMARINE-CANYON; NORTHERN MARGIN
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Sedimentary Budget Of The Northwest Sub-Basin, South China Sea: Controlling Factors And Geological Implications, Peter D. Clift
Sedimentary Budget Of The Northwest Sub-Basin, South China Sea: Controlling Factors And Geological Implications, Peter D. Clift
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We calculated the sedimentary budget of the Northwest Sub-basin (NWSB), South China Sea for different geological times based on interpretations of four multichannel seismic profiles across the basin with constraints from International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP) Expeditions 367 and 368 drilling results. Sedimentation was generally dominated by regional tectonic events and climate change, but complicated by local tectonic events and geographic position, which resulted in a specific sedimentary budget in the NWSB compared with other marginal basins and the Southwest Sub-basin. The sedimentation rate was relatively low following the opening of the NWSB but increased gradually during the Middle Miocene, …