Among the marginal basins worldwide, the South and East China Seas have been the focus of extensive research activities in the last three decades. It is now one 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 petroleum 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 they are scattered in different journals. This book provides a synthesis of the rich data available, particularly those generated by Chinese marine geologists and petroleum geologists and provides the very first synthesis of the geology off China. The first systematic summary of the geology of the China SeasIncludes comprehensive coverage of the South China Sea and the East China Sea, including the Yellow Sea and Bohai GulfReviews hundreds of Chinese publications on marine and petroleum geology not currently accessible to the international community INDICE: 1. Introduction2. General outline of the China Seas3. Tectonic Framework and Magmatism4. Marine Sedimentology5. Sedimentary Basins and Stratigraphy6. Paleoceanography and Sea-Level Changes7. Hydrocarbon and Mineral Resources8. History of the China Seas9. Concluding Remarks
- ISBN: 978-0-444-59388-7
- Editorial: Elsevier
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 656
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2014
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés