Continental breakup represents the successful process of rifting and thinning of the
continental lithosphere, leading to plate rupture and initiation of oceanic crust formation …

Our understanding of continent-ocean transition structures and magmatism in the absence
of excessive magmatic additions has been guided by the observations and models …

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 …

The stretching of continental lithosphere results in asthenospheric upwelling, raising of
isotherms, melting during decompression and eventually seafloor spreading. The thermal …

By processing the vertical component data of OBS2019–2, a wide angle seismic line
situated adjacent to the Liyuexi Trough in the Nansha Block of the South China Sea (SCS) …

We present textural and chemical analyses of minerals from a 150 m thick sequence of
submarine mid-ocean ridge basalts from the South China Sea in order to showcase the …

Organic geochemical and stable isotope records of Oligocene and late Miocene–Pliocene
sediments from IODP hole U1501C and Pliocene–Pleistocene sediments from U1499A of …

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 …

Seismic facies analysis is the most widely used method to identify event deposits from
subaqueous environments. However, the internal structures of a chaotic or transparent …

Joann M. Stock, Zhen Sun, Adam Klaus, Hans Christian Larsen, Zhimin Jian, Carlos A.
Alvarez Zarikian, Jacopo Boaga, Stephen A. Bowden, Anne Briais, Yifeng Chen, Deniz …