Post-spreading volcanism in the central South China Sea: insights from zircon U–Pb dating on volcaniclastic breccia and seismic features

Rifting and seafloor spreading in the South China sea: a subduction-related extension on the down-going plate?

“…Without further mountain building, Late Neogene fold-and-trust belt developed in the offshore Borneo and Palawan. Several magmatism-related unconformities are also noticed during in the SCS, while no significant crustal thinning and seafloor spreading in this period [Jiang et al, 2018, Xia et al, 2018, Fan et al, 2019, Gao et al, 2019, Li et al, 2022.…”

Re-channelization of turbidity currents in South China Sea abyssal plain due to seamounts and ridges

“…2). To the south, however, a number of seamounts are found which are ≥5 Ma in age (Wang and Wu, 1984;Yan et al, 2008;Xia et al, 2018;Jiang et al, 2019Yin et al, 2020. The deepest base of the channel system (discontinuity H1; Figs 4 and 5) dates to the beginning of the Pleistocene (~2.6 Ma) (Fig.…”

Preface to the special issue “Tectonics and depositional infilling of western Pacific marginal sea”

“…One is the strong volcanic activity in the oceanic basin and even in the continental marginal basins after the cessation of the seafloor spreading of the SCS. Jiang et al (2018) provides an age sequence on post-spreading volcanism in the SCS using rocks obtained from IODP cores. The authors ascribe the different scales and peak episodes of post-spreading magmatism in different tectonic settings.…”