Magmatism within the northern margin of the South China Sea during the post-rift stage: An overview, and new insights into the geodynamics

G Li, L Mei, X Pang, J Zheng, Q Ye, S Hao - Earth-Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The South China Sea, which is located to the southeast of Eurasian continent,
developed as the result of intra-continental rifting and seafloor spreading on the South …

Submarine volcanism in the southern margin of the South China Sea

C Zhang, S **a, C Fan, J Cao - Journal of Oceanology and Limnology, 2023 - Springer
Submarine volcanism is widely developed in the South China Sea (SCS). However, the
characteristics, distribution, and genesis of submarine volcanoes in the southern margin of …

Early Miocene magmatism in the Baiyun Sag (South China Sea): A view to the origin of intense post-rift magmatism

Q Sun, TM Alves, S Wu, M Zhao, X **e - Gondwana Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Post-rift magmatism associated with seafloor spreading (∼ 32 Ma to∼ 15 Ma) and post-
spreading tectonics (from∼ 15 Ma to the present day) is widely recorded in the South China …

Extensional structures and Cenozoic magmatism in the northwestern South China Sea

J Gao, S Wu, T Lüdmann, CF Li, L Li, Y Lu, Z Yang… - Gondwana …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates the crustal structure and Cenozoic magmatism in the northwestern
South China Sea (SCS), based on two long-cable multi-channel seismic reflection profiles …

[HTML][HTML] Sill swarms and hydrothermal vents in the Qiongdongnan Basin, northern South China Sea

Q Sun, C Wang, X **e - Geosystems and Geoenvironment, 2022 - Elsevier
Sills and hydrothermal vents are commonly observed in sedimentary basins. However, not
all sills could generate overlying hydrothermal vents, and whether a sill generates a …

Magmatism along the Nansha Trough on the southern continental margin of the South China Sea: Recent evidence from along-strike seismic profile

C Guo, Y Tang, Y Fang, C Wang, X Wei, H Li, P Chao… - Marine Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Nansha Trough (NT) is part of the southern continental margin boundary of the
South China Sea (SCS). It has undergone complex tectonic superposition and evolutionary …

Reutilization of fluid flow pathways over 54 million years, offshore New Zealand

L Cao, Q Sun, C Magee - Basin Research, 2023 - earthdoc.org
Structures that facilitate fluid migration are common in sedimentary basins. We document
several possible hydrothermal and/or volcanic vents located above a> 157 km2, late …

3D crustal architecture and along‐strike variation in the mid‐northern South China Sea rifted margin

S Hao, L Mei, CR Ranero, Z Zhou… - … Research: Solid Earth, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Rifted margins often show apparent along‐strike variations at the continent‐ocean transition
(COT) region, typically occurring gradually over hundreds‐to‐thousands of km between the …

Dynamic evolution of gas hydrate systems affected by magmatism and Quaternary mass-transport deposits in the Qiongdongnan Basin, South China Sea, and …

H Du, W Shi, R Wang, V Maselli, J Liang, J Ren… - Marine Geology, 2024 - Elsevier
Methane release from hydrate systems has long been considered as one of the important
mechanisms for global carbon cycle perturbations and ocean acidification. Here, a …

Shallow gas and gas hydrate accumulations influenced by magmatic complexes in the Pearl River Mouth Basin, South China Sea

J **, X Wang, Z Zhang, M He, C Magee, J Li, Y Li, S Li… - Marine Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
We analyse occurrences of gas hydrates and free gases above a 1200 km 2 complex of
igneous volcanoes and sills using newly acquired three-dimensional (3D) seismic data in …