Mesozoic and early Cenozoic tectonic convergence-to-rifting transition prior to opening of the South China Sea

Hu, Shi; Li, Chun‐Feng

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“…Mesozoic subduction of the paleo-Pacific plate, a fragment of which developed roughly along the present-day northern SCS continental margin (Taylor and Hayes, 1983), gradually dispelled Paleo-Tethys and built a massive orogen in Southeast Asia. However, during the transition from the Early to Late Cretaceous, all supportive evidence of the subduction zone disappeared, while regional extension started to prevail (Shi and Li, 2012). This was followed by the Cenozoic opening of the SCS, via continental break-up and subsequently seafloor spreading.…”

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“…To foster cooperation in research of the Southeast Asia region through engagement of a broad international scientific community including scientists Figure 1. Regional topography and tectonic framework of Southeast Asia (from Shi and Li, 2012). Data based on Smith and Sandwell (1997).…”

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“…Others suggested that only a minor amount of extension associated with the SCS spreading center may have been transferred to the Red River fault (Rangin et al, 1995;Morley, 2002;Clift et al, 2008). The initiation of regional rifting in East Asia during the Mesozoic occurred before the India-Eurasia collision ( Figure F3D) and is thought to be associated with subduction of the paleo-Pacific plate Hayes, 1980, 1983;Shi and Li, 2012).…”

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“…C. Opening induced by an upwelling mantle plume (e.g., Fan and Menzies, 1992;Xu et al, 2012). D. Opening induced by regional extension related to subduction and retreat of the Pacific plate Hayes, 1980, 1983;Shi and Li, 2012).…”

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“…Mesozoic subduction of the paleo-Pacific plate under the Eurasian plate partially occurred along the presentday northeastern SCS continental margin (Jahn et al, 1976;Hilde et al, 1977;Hamilton, 1979;Holloway, 1982;Taylor and Hayes, 1983;Hayes et al, 1995;Zhou and Li, 2000;Yang and Feng, 2003;Xiao and Zheng, 2004;Zhou et al, 2008;Li et al, 2008a). This subduction resulted in the emplacement of igneous rocks and the formation of a wide orogenic belt in Southeast Asia (Zhou and Li, 2000;Shi and Li, 2012). Subduction is thought to have ceased in the mid-Cretaceous, with a transition to regional extension during the Late Cretaceous.…”

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Seismic stratigraphy of the central South China Sea basin and implications for neotectonics

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Coring/logging data and physical property measurements from International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 349 are integrated with, and correlated to, reflection seismic data to map seismic sequence boundaries and facies of the central basin and neighboring regions of the South China Sea. First-order sequence boundaries are interpreted, which are Oligocene/Miocene, middle Miocene/late Miocene, Miocene/Pliocene, and Pliocene/Pleistocene boundaries. A characteristic early Pleistocene strong reflector is also identified, which marks the top of extensive carbonate-rich deposition in the southern East and Southwest Subbasins. The fossil spreading ridge and the boundary between the East and Southwest Subbasins acted as major sedimentary barriers, across which seismic facies changes sharply and cannot be easily correlated. The sharp seismic facies change along the Miocene-Pliocene boundary indicates that a dramatic regional tectonostratigraphic event occurred at about 5 Ma, coeval with the onsets of uplift of Taiwan and accelerated subsidence and transgression in the northern margin. The depocenter or the area of the highest sedimentation rate switched from the northern East Subbasin during the Miocene to the Southwest Subbasin and the area close to the fossil ridge in the southern East Subbasin in the Pleistocene. The most active faulting and vertical uplifting now occur in the southern East Subbasin, caused most likely by the active and fastest subduction/obduction in the southern segment of the Manila Trench and the collision between the northeast Palawan and the Luzon arc. Timing of magmatic intrusions and seamounts constrained by seismic stratigraphy in the central basin varies and does not show temporal pulsing in their activities.LI ET AL.

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Mesozoic and early Cenozoic tectonic convergence-to-rifting transition prior to opening of the South China Sea

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