Shakirov, R. B., Cuong, Do Huy, Obzhirov, A. I., Valitov, M. G., Lee, N. S., Legkodimov, A. A., Kalgin, V. Yu., Yeskova, A. I., Proshkina, Z. N., Telegin, Yu. A., Storozhenko, A. V., Ivanov, M. V., Pletnev, S. P., Sedin, V. T., Bulanov, A.V., Shvalov, D. A., Lipinskaya, N. A., Bovsun, M. A., Makseev, D. S., and Thanh, Nguyen Trung
Abstract—The paper gives brief results of comprehensive studies in the South China Sea obtained from a joint Russian–Vietnamese expedition in November 2019 (cruise 88 of the R/V "Akademik M.A. Lavrentyev"). The set of methods included acoustics, geophysics, geology, mineralogy,geochemistry, paleogeography, geomicrobiology, hydrooptics and hydrology. The seafloor relief, geophysical and gasgeochemical fields have been refined; new features of the geochemistry and mineralogy of the continental shelf of Vietnam and the adjacent deep-sea basins have been revealed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]