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Radiocarbon Profiles of Rocky Islet, Xi-Sha Islands: Evidence of Recent Crustal Movements in the South China Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 July 2016

Chen Yee-Chein  and
Jiao Wen-Qiang
Chen Yee-Chein
Affiliation:
Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, Institute of Geology, National Bureau of Seismology, Beijing, China
Jiao Wen-Qiang
Affiliation:
Radiocarbon Dating Laboratory, Institute of Geology, National Bureau of Seismology, Beijing, China
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The Xi-Sha Islands comprise 35 coral reefs, cays, and islets lying to the northwest of the South China Sea. Since Miocene time, > 1200m of bioherms developed on slowly subsiding granite-gneiss bed rock. These sediments provide evidence for sea-level changes and crustal movements in the South China Sea.

Type
III. 14C Applications
Information
Radiocarbon , Volume 25 , Issue 2: 11th International Radiocarbon Conference , 1983 , pp. 375 - 379
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Copyright © The American Journal of Science 

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