Getting over continent ocean boundaries

G Eagles, L Pérez-Díaz, N Scarselli - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
The idea of a simple linear boundary between continental and oceanic crust at extended
continental margins is widely recognized to be an oversimplification. Despite this, such …

Geodynamics of the south China sea

JC Sibuet, YC Yeh, CS Lee - Tectonophysics, 2016 - Elsevier
The beginning of seafloor spreading in the South China Sea (SCS) is now established from
IODP drilling Leg 349 at 33 Ma. Chron 12 (32 Ma) is the oldest chron identified in the SCS …

[HTML][HTML] Structures within the oceanic crust of the central South China Sea basin and their implications for oceanic accretionary processes

W Ding, Z Sun, K Dadd, Y Fang, J Li - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2018 - Elsevier
Internal structures in mature oceanic crust can elucidate understanding of the processes and
mechanism of crustal accretion. In this study, we present two multi-channel seismic (MCS) …

Nature and demise of the proto-South China Sea

R Hall, HT Breitfeld - 2017 - archives.datapages.com
The term Proto-South China Sea has been used in a number of different ways. It was
originally introduced to describe oceanic crust that formerly occupied the region north of …

Possible spatial distribution of the Mesozoic volcanic arc in the present‐day South China Sea continental margin and its tectonic implications

F Li, Z Sun, H Yang - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The distribution of the Late Mesozoic volcanic arc in the South China Sea (SCS) continental
margin has long been a controversial topic due to its significance in understanding the …

Strontium isotope stratigraphy and LA-ICP-MS U-Pb carbonate age constraints on the Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the southern South China Sea

G Li, W Xu, Y Luo, J Liu, J Zhao, Y Feng… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The tectonic evolution of the South China Sea is closely associated with multiple subduction-
collision processes in Southeast Asia. When the collision of the Dangerous Grounds terrane …

Postseafloor spreading volcanism in the central east South China Sea and its formation through an extremely thin oceanic crust

M Zhao, E He, JC Sibuet, L Sun, X Qiu… - Geochemistry …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
P wave velocity models were obtained by forward and inverse modeling from 38 ocean
bottom seismometers deployed in the central East subbasin of the South China Sea (SCS) …

[HTML][HTML] Spreading dynamics and sedimentary process of the Southwest Sub-basin, South China Sea: constraints from multi-channel seismic data and IODP …

W Ding, J Li, PD Clift, I Expedition - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2016 - Elsevier
Neotectonic and sedimentary processes in the South China Sea abyssal basin are still
debated because of the lack of drilling evidence to test competing models. In this study, we …

Back‐Arc Tectonics and Plate Reconstruction of the Philippine Sea‐South China Sea Region Since the Eocene

J Liu, S Li, X Cao, H Dong, Y Suo… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Insight into the evolution of Philippine Sea‐South China Sea (SCS) plate motions helps
reveal the driving mechanisms of the long‐term tectonic complexity in Southeast Asia. Here …