What are the Spratly Islands?

• Main Authors: Hutchison, C.S., Vijayan, V.R.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier 2010
• Subjects: G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/12174/
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

Seismic records, combined with dredged samples and a core, indicate that the Spratly Islands of the Dangerous Ground Province are constructed of presently active carbonate build-ups, known to extend back continuously at least to the Pleistocene and presumed to have initiated in the Miocene, most lik...