neritic province
1.Based on the study of the planktonic foraminiferal zones, the stratigraphy of the N22 zone of the Pleistocene, N21 and N20 zone of the late Pliocene, N19—N18 zone of the early Pliocene, N17 zone, N16—N15 zone, N14 zone, N13—N9 zone, N8—N7 zone, N6 zone, N5 zone, and N4 zone of the middle Miocene, and the N3 zone of the late Oligocene at the LH-19-4-1 borehole in the neritic province of the northern South China Sea and the ODP site 1148 in the continental slope region of the northern South China Sea are corresponding and can be correlative.
