Marine Geology and Palaeoceanography-Proceedings of the 30th International Geological Congress, Volume 13

Geophysical survey in the South China Sea with a special focus on the backarc basin formation/Hajimu Kinoshita, Yukari Nakasa, Liu Zaoshu and Xia Kanyuan -- The rifting and collison of the South China Sea terrain system/Jiabiao Li -- The evolution of marginal seas off China/Xianglong Jin -- Onset of North Atlantic Deep Water 11.5 million years ago triggered by climate cooling/Wuchang Wei and A. Peleo-Alampay -- West Pacific marginal seas during last glacial maximum: amplification of environmental signals and its impact on monsoon climate/Pinxian Wang, M. Bradshaw, S.S. Ganzei, S. Tsukawaki, K. Bin Hassan, WS. Hantoro, S. Poobrasert, R. Burne, Quanhong Zhao and H. Kagami -- Drilling mud volcanoes on the Mediterranean Ridge accretionary complex (ODP Leg 160)/A. Robertson and the Shipboard Scientific Party -- Formation of salt-marsh cliffs in an accretional environment, Christchurch Harbour, Southern England/Shu Gao and M. Collins -- Stratification of ferromanganese crusts on the Magellan seamounts/I. Pulyaeva -- Paleo-ocean events and mineralization in the Pacific Ocean/Dongyu Xu.