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Neogene is the period of thermal subsidence in the Zhujiangkou (Pearl River Mouth) Basin, the northern South China Sea (Ru et al, this volume). It consists of about 3 km thick marine sequences of several transgression-regression cycles. The sand bodies formed at the beginning of transgressions and the ending of regressions, as well as the reef buildups formed in shallow portions are good reservoirs for hydrocarbon; the mudstone formed in transgressions are good caps; and the underlying Paleogene lacustrine coal-bearing sediments contains good sources. By the end of 1991, 21 oil fields have been found, among which nine have been proved economical and two in production (Chen and Li, 1992). The study of Neogene stratigraphy has both theoretical and practical significance.
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Di, Z., Ping, W. (1994). Neogene Biostratigraphy of Zhujiangkou Basin, South China Sea: A Quantitative Study. In: Di, Z., Yuan-Bo, L., Cheng-Kui, Z. (eds) Oceanology of China Seas. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0862-1_37
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