Mantle structure and tectonic history of SE Asia

R Hall, W Spakman - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
Seismic travel-time tomography of the mantle under SE Asia reveals patterns of subduction-
related seismic P-wave velocity anomalies that are of great value in helping to understand …

Rifting, lithosphere breakup and volcanism: Comparison of magma-poor and volcanic rifted margins

D Franke - Marine and Petroleum geology, 2013 - Elsevier
Traditionally active rifts are thought to evolve in response to thermal upwelling of the
asthenosphere, whereas passive rifts develop in response to lithospheric extension driven …

The final rifting evolution in the South China Sea

D Franke, D Savva, M Pubellier, S Steuer… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2014 - Elsevier
Seismic reflection data imaging conjugate crustal sections at the South China Sea margins
result in a conceptual model for rift-evolution at conjugate magma-poor margins in time and …

Geodynamics of the south China sea

JC Sibuet, YC Yeh, CS Lee - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
The beginning of seafloor spreading in the South China Sea (SCS) is now established from
IODP drilling Leg 349 at 33 Ma. Chron 12 (32 Ma) is the oldest chron identified in the SCS …

Evolution of the South China Sea: Revised ages for breakup and seafloor spreading

U Barckhausen, M Engels, D Franke, S Ladage… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2014 - Elsevier
The continental breakup which gave way to the formation of the oceanic South China Sea
(SCS) basin began in the latest Cretaceous in the northeastern SCS and propagated in …

[HTML][HTML] 南海构造格局及其演化

张功成, 贾庆军, 王万银, 王璞珺, 赵庆乐, 孙晓猛… - 地球物理学报, 2018 - html.rhhz.net
依据重磁资料在南海及其邻区识别出17 条深大断裂和10 个重磁异常区. 据此并结合其他地质
资料, 在南海及其邻区划分出7 个地质结构不同的构造单元. 早白垩世南海地区曾形成过统一的 …

Major unconformities/termination of extension events and associated surfaces in the South China Seas: Review and implications for tectonic development

CK Morley - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
The distribution of unconformities and end of Cenozoic rifting events in the South China
Seas (SCS) reflects both the modes of rift development, and the effects of driving …

Rifted margin architecture and crustal rheology: reviewing Iberia-Newfoundland, central South Atlantic, and South China Sea

S Brune, C Heine, PD Clift… - Marine and petroleum …, 2017 - Elsevier
Crustal rheology controls the style of rifting and ultimately the architecture of rifted margins.
Here we review the formation of three magma-poor margin pairs, Iberia-Newfoundland, the …

Rifted margins: Ductile deformation, boudinage, continentward-dipping normal faults and the role of the weak lower crust

C Clerc, JC Ringenbach, L Jolivet, JF Ballard - Gondwana Research, 2018 - Elsevier
The stunningly increased resolution of the deep crustal levels in recent industrial seismic
profiles acquired along most of the world's rifted margins leads to the unraveling of an …

Temperature, pressure, and composition of the mantle source region of Late Cenozoic basalts in Hainan Island, SE Asia: a consequence of a young thermal mantle …

XC Wang, ZX Li, XH Li, J Li, Y Liu, WG Long… - Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Basaltic lavas from Hainan Island near the northern edge of the South China Sea
have an age range of between late Miocene (about 13 Ma) and Holocene, with a peak age …