The South China Sea is not a mini-Atlantic: plate-edge rifting vs intra-plate rifting

P Wang, CY Huang, J Lin, Z Jian, Z Sun… - National Science …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The South China Sea, as 'a non-volcanic passive margin basin'in the Pacific, has
often been considered as a small-scale analogue of the Atlantic. The recent ocean drilling in …

Ocean-continent transition architecture and breakup mechanism at the mid-northern South China Sea

C Zhang, Z Sun, G Manatschal, X Pang, S Li… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Ocean-Continent Transition (OCT) located between the edge of the continental and
unequivocal oceanic crusts is an ideal laboratory to understand one of the most fundamental …

Tracking carbon from subduction to outgassing along the Aleutian-Alaska Volcanic Arc

T Lopez, TP Fischer, T Plank, A Malinverno… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Subduction transports volatiles between Earth's mantle, crust, and atmosphere, ultimately
creating a habitable Earth. We use isotopes to track carbon from subduction to outgassing …

Extension modes and breakup processes of the southeast China-Northwest Palawan conjugate rifted margins

M Nirrengarten, G Mohn, NJ Kusznir, F Sapin… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2020 - Elsevier
Our understanding of continent-ocean transition structures and magmatism in the absence
of excessive magmatic additions has been guided by the observations and models …

Large volume of magma involved in South China Sea rifting: Implication for mantle breakup earlier than crust

J Zhang, M Zhao, Z Sun, L Sun, M Xu, H Yang, Q Wang… - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
Rheological differences may lead to discrepant thinning order of the crust and lithospheric
mantle when the continent is passively stretched. The crust breaks up earlier than the …

Mantle upwelling beneath the South China Sea and links to surrounding subduction systems

J Lin, Y Xu, Z Sun, Z Zhou - National Science Review, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The evolution of the South China Sea (SCS) is directly linked to the complex subduction
systems of the surrounding Pacific, Philippine Sea and Indo-Australian Plates (Fig. 1a) …

南海北部陆缘结构及构造-岩浆演化

张翠梅, 孙珍, 赵明辉, 庞雄 - 地球科学, 2022 - earth-science.net
南海北部陆缘发育独特的远端带结构, 以“裂谷宽, 基底厚和地貌起伏” 为主要特点,
显著有别于经典贫岩浆型和富岩浆型张裂陆缘. 为了解释陆缘结构的成因, 综合已有研究进展和 …

New Insights Into the Rift‐To‐Drift Process of the Northern South China Sea Margin Constrained by a Three‐Dimensional Wide‐Angle Seismic Velocity Model

J Zhang, M Zhao, W Ding, CR Ranero… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract A three‐dimensional (3D) P‐wave seismic velocity (Vp) model of the crust in the
northern South China Sea margin drilled by IODP Expeditions 367/368/368X has been …

Lithospheric velocity structure of South China Sea basin from ocean bottom seismometer ambient noise tomography

L Cheng, Y Fang, X Niu, T Li, C Dong, Y Zhao, H Hu… - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Sea (SCS) is a typical marginal sea basin formed by the seafloor
spreading under the tectonic background of plate convergence. Many crustal-scale studies …

Characterization and mapping of continental breakup and seafloor spreading initiation: The example of the northern rifted margin of the South China Sea

C Zhang, G Manatschal, B Taylor, Z Sun, M Zhao… - Basin …, 2024 - earthdoc.org
Mapping ocean‐continent transitions (OCTs) separating equivocal continental and oceanic
crusts is fundamental to investigate breakup processes and define the age and location of …