Structure and tectonic evolution of the NW Sulu Sea Basin (SE Asia)

P Cadenas, CR Ranero - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
We discuss the tectonic structure, seismic stratigraphy and evolution of the NW Sulu Sea
using reprocessed 2D reflection profiles. The NW Sulu Sea is located between the Palawan …

Rifting and seafloor spreading in the South China sea: a subduction-related extension on the down-going plate?

SP Chang, M Pubellier - Comptes …, 2023 - comptes-rendus.academie-sciences …
Active margins are sensitive to several subduction-related processes which include rapid
opening and closure of neighboring basins. The stages of rifting, spreading and the …

The crustal structure of the southwestern South China Sea from seismic reflection and refraction data: Implications to continental breakup, slow-spreading ridges, and …

W Jiang, L Wang, F Li, B Liu, J Zhao - Interpretation, 2024 - library.seg.org
The crustal structures of the continent-ocean transition (COT) zone and oceanic domain are
key to revealing the tectono-magmatic evolution from rift to drift and the following seafloor …

Crust necking of the northeastern South China Sea: Insights from deep seismic data

L Mi, H Deng, M Gouiza, H Yang… - Italian Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
During rifting, continental crust necks, leading to significant thickness reduction in a few tens
of kilometres. However, deformations associated with the necking process remain elusive …

3D structure of low‐angle normal faults and tectono‐sedimentary processes of nascent continental core‐complexes in the SE South China Sea

E Legeay, G Mohn, JC Ringenbach, W Vetel… - Tectonics, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This contribution explores the formation and evolution of hyper‐extended basins, associated
with the early stage of core complex formation, controlled by low‐angle normal faults active …

Structural control of Mesozoic orogens on SE Asia Basin opening

B Sautter, M Pubellier - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2022 - Elsevier
A comparative study of basement structures, basins geometry and evolution, around SE
Asia, highlights an intrinsic relationship between crustal inherited structures, and …

[HTML][HTML] 南海西南次海盆V 型尖端地壳岩石圈最终裂解的特征及过程

罗盼, 高圆圆, 王厚金, 任建业 - 地质科技通报, 2023 - dzkjqb.cug.edu.cn
为了明确南海西南次海盆V 型尖端地壳岩石圈发生最终裂解的特征及其演化过程,
通过精细的构造解释, 断层活动性定量分析, 不同构造演化阶段盆地原型分析, 沉降速率分析 …

Geodynamic Mechanism of the Evolution of the South China Sea Basin: Simulation Based on the Finite Difference Method

C Liu, J Li - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
The South China Sea is in the convergence zone of the Pacific plate, the Indo-Australian
plate, and the Eurasian plate. Its formation and tectonic evolution were influenced by …

Deep reflection seismic data for improved imaging of crust structure: 2D case study of the southwest subbasin in the South China Sea

Y Liu, L Wang, H Zhang, Y Lu, F Li, W Jiang - Interpretation, 2024 - library.seg.org
Seismic imaging of crustal structures becomes difficult in the presence of rough basements
or complex seabed topography. Here, a 900 km deep seismic reflection profile collected …

[HTML][HTML] Carbonate contourite drifts in the southwest South China Sea: Sedimentary, paleoceanographic and economic implications

S Liu, Z Liang, B Zhang, H Su, Z Lei… - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Contourite drifts are significant sedimentary features and provide clues for the reconstruction
of paleoceanography and paleoenvironment. Although they have been increasingly …