Based on the concept of continental roots plume tectonics, geotectonic units of China continent on a lithospheric scale since Cenozoic are discussed in this paper.

基于大陆根柱构造概念，讨论了新生代以来中国大陆岩石圈尺度的大地构造分区。

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The plate activity is weaker in the passive continental margin of the northern South China Sea, which is favorable for forming the large-scale gas field and gas hydrate reservoirs.

南海北部被动大陆边缘是板块活动相对较弱的地区，业已证实是巨大天然气田形成的有利场所，同时也是水合物发育的有利地区。

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The results show that Kuroshio intrudes onto the continental shelf of East China sea in large scale and during its flow water is exchanged ceaselessly with outer sea along Ryukyu Island.

模拟结果表明黑潮在东海陆架有大规模的入侵，其在沿东海陆坡流动途中沿着冲绳岛与外海不断的进行水体交换。

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Europe is now at a point where it could do something similar on a continental scale.

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Answering these questions seems more pertinent than applying journalistic amateur psychology on a continental scale and asking Africans to be confident again.

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Greece's debts so outweigh its economy that it would need a further rescue before entering any mutualisation scheme though the sum involved is small on a continental scale.

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