Thảo Phương Đào

http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/32626 The continental shelf of central Vietnam is characterized by complex geological structures in a strike-slip setting and thus by unique morphology compared to other parts of the Vietnam shelf.  Studying the Pliocene-Quaternary sediments in this area allows the processes that control the stratigraphic evolution to be highlighted.  In this paper, we present new results derived from high resolution seismic data that reveal the geological evolution of the continental shelf of central Vietnam during the Pliocene-Quaternary.  Our results demonstrate that the continental shelf of central Vietnam is narrow relatively to other parts of the Vietnam shelf.  The evolution of the shelf during the Pliocene-Quaternary was controlled by the pre-Pliocene rifting process.  However, fault systems below the present shelf were not strongly active during the Pliocene-Quaternary period, except for several listric faults in th...