| Rapid transition from continental breakup to igneous oceanic crust in the South China Sea HC Larsen, G Mohn, M Nirrengarten, Z Sun, J Stock, Z Jian, A Klaus, ... Nature Geoscience 11 (10), 782-789, 2018 | 271 | 2018 |
| The structure and formation of diapirs in the Yinggehai–Song Hong Basin, South China Sea C Lei, J Ren, PD Clift, Z Wang, X Li, C Tong Marine and Petroleum Geology 28 (5), 980-991, 2011 | 122 | 2011 |
| Hyper-extended rift systems in the Xisha Trough, northwestern South China Sea: Implications for extreme crustal thinning ahead of a propagating ocean C Lei, J Ren Marine and Petroleum Geology 77, 846-864, 2016 | 88 | 2016 |
| Structure and sediment budget of Yinggehai–Song Hong basin, South China Sea: Implications for Cenozoic tectonics and river basin reorganization in Southeast Asia C Lei, J Ren, P Sternai, M Fox, S Willett, X Xie, PD Clift, J Liao, Z Wang Tectonophysics 655, 177-190, 2015 | 88 | 2015 |
| Ocean and continent transition in passive continental margins and analysis of lithospheric extension and breakup process: Implication for research of the deepwater basins in … REN Jian-Ye, P Xiong, LEI Chao, Y Li-Zhong, LIU Jun, Y Lin-Long Earth Science Frontiers 22 (1), 102, 2015 | 82 | 2015 |
| Difference of tectonic evolution of continental marginal basins of South China Sea and relationship with SCS spreading XIE Xi-Nong, REN Jian-Ye, W Zhen-Feng, LI Xu-Shen, L Chao Earth Science Frontiers 22 (1), 77, 2015 | 82 | 2015 |
| Tectonic framework and multiple episode tectonic evolution in deepwater area of Qiongdongnan Basin, northern continental margin of South China Sea C Lei, JY Ren, JX Pei, H Lin, X Yin, D Tong Earth Science 36 (1), 151-162, 2011 | 82 | 2011 |
| The structure and evolution of deepwater basins in the distal margin of the northern South China Sea and their implications for the formation of the continental margin L Yang, J Ren, K McIntosh, X Pang, L Chao, Y Zhao Marine and Petroleum Geology 92, 234-254, 2018 | 66 | 2018 |
| Tectonic stratigraphic framework of Yinggehai-Qiongdongnan Basins and its implication for tectonic province division in South China Sea JY Ren, C Lei Chinese Journal of Geophysics 54 (12), 3303-3314, 2011 | 65 | 2011 |
| Depositional architecture and structural evolution of a region immediately inboard of the locus of continental breakup (Liwan Sub-basin, South China Sea) C Lei, TM Alves, J Ren, X Pang, L Yang, J Liu Geological Society of America Bulletin, 2019 | 63 | 2019 |
| Rift structure and sediment infill of hyperextended continental crust: insights from 3D seismic and well data (Xisha Trough, South China Sea) C Lei, TM Alves, J Ren, C Tong Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 125 (5), e2019JB018610, 2020 | 50 | 2020 |
| Characteristics and formation mechanism of deepwater and ultra-deepwater basins in the northern continental margin of the South China Sea REN Jianye, P Xiong, YU Peng, LEI Chao, LUO Pan Chinese Journal of Geophysics 61 (12), 4901-4920, 2018 | 47 | 2018 |
| Continental rifting and sediment infill in the distal part of the northern South China Sea in the Western Pacific region: Challenge on the present-day models for the passive … C Lei, J Ren, X Pang, P Chao, X Han Marine and Petroleum Geology 93, 166-181, 2018 | 45 | 2018 |
| Tectonic province divisions in the South China Sea: Implications for basin geodynamics C Lei, JY Ren, J Zhang Earth Science 40 (4), 744-762, 2015 | 45 | 2015 |
| Structural characteristics and petroleum exploration potential in the deep-water area of the Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea [J] L Chao, R Jianye, L Xushen, T Chuanxin, Y Xinyi, M Hui Petroleum Exploration and Development 38 (5), 560-569, 2011 | 43 | 2011 |
| Geodynamics of the ocean-continent transition zone, northern margin of the South China Sea: Implications for the opening of the South China Sea C Lei, JY Ren, DJ Tong Chinese Journal of Geophysics 56 (4), 1287-1299, 2013 | 38 | 2013 |
| A rapid shift in the sediment routing system of Lower-Upper Oligocene strata in the Qiongdongnnan Basin (Xisha Trough), Northwest South China Sea C Lei, PD Clift, J Ren, J Ogg, C Tong Marine and Petroleum Geology 104, 249-258, 2019 | 29 | 2019 |
| Refining the model of South China Sea’s tectonic evolution: evidence from Yinggehai-Song Hong and Qiongdongnan Basins W Zhu, C Lei Marine Geophysical Research 34, 325-339, 2013 | 28 | 2013 |
| Tectonics of the offshore Red River Fault recorded in the junction of the Yinggehai and Qiongdongnan Basins C Lei, J Ren, J Pei, B Liu, X Zuo, J Liu, S Zhu Science China Earth Sciences 64, 1893-1908, 2021 | 24 | 2021 |
| Rift structures and its related unconformities on and adjacent the Dongsha Rise: insights into the nature of the high-velocity layer in the northern South China Sea C Lei, J Ren, X Pang Marine Geophysical Research 40, 99-110, 2019 | 21 | 2019 |