Cenozoic tectonic subsidence in the southern continental margin, South China Sea

Penggao Fang1, Weiwei Ding1, Yuefa Fang1, Zhongxian Zhao2, Ziqi Feng3
1The Second Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Hangzhou, China
2South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou, China
3College of Marine Geoscience, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, China

Tóm tắt

Từ khóa


Tài liệu tham khảo

Aurelio M A, Peña R E, Taguibao K J L (2012). Sculpting the Philippine archipelagosince the cretaceous through rifting, oceanic spreading, subduction, obduction, collision and strike-slip faulting: contribution to IGMA5000. J Asian Earth Sci, 72(4): 102–107

Barckhausen U, Engels M, Franke D, Ladage S, Pubellierb M (2014). Evolution of the South China Sea: revised ages for breakup and seafloor spreading. Mar Pet Geol, 58: 599–611

Barckhausen U, Roeser H A (2004). Seafloor spreading anomalies in the South China Sea revisited. Continent-ocean interactions within East Asian marginal seas, 121–125

Briais A, Patriat P, Tapponnier P (1993). Updated interpretation of magnetic anomalies and seafloor spreading stages in the South China Sea: implications for the Tertiary tectonics of Southeast Asia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth (1978–2012), 98(B4): 6299–6328

Buck WR (1986). Small-scale convection induced by passive rifting: the cause for uplift of rift shoulders. Earth Planet Sci Lett, 77(3-4): 362–372

Chen L (2014). Stretching factor estimation for the long-duration and multi-stage continental extensional tectonics: application to the Baiyun Sag in the northern margin of the South China Sea. Tectonophysics, 611: 167–180

Clavès G, Clift P D, Inam A (2008). Anomalous Subsidence on Rifted Volcanic Margin of Pakistan: No Influence from Deccan Plume. Earth Planet Sci Lett, 272(1–2): 231–239

Clift P, Lee G H, Nguyan A D, Barckhausen U, Long H V, Sun Z (2008). Seismic reflection evidence for a dangerous grounds miniplate: no extrusion origin for the South China Sea. Tectonics, 27, TC3008

Clift P, Lin J (2001). Preferential mantle lithospheric extension under the South China margin. Mar Pet Geol, 18(8): 929–945

Clifton H E (1988). Sedimentologic approaches to paleobathymetry, with applications to the Merced Formation of central California. Palaios, 3(5): 507–522

Cullen A B (2010). Transverse segmentation of the Baram-Balabac Basin, NW Borneo: refining the model of Borneo’s tectonic evolution. Petrol Geosci, 16(1): 3–29

Ding W W, Franke D, Li J B, Steuer S (2013). Seismic stratigraphy and tectonic structure from a composite multi-channel seismic profile across the entire Dangerous Grounds, South China Sea. Tectonophysics, 582: 162–176

Ding W W, Li J B, Dong C Z, Fang Y X (2015). Oligocene-Miocene carbonates in the Reed Bank area, South China Sea, and their tectono-sedimentary evolution. Mar Geophys Res, 36(2-3): 149–165

Ding W W, Li J B, Li M B (2011). Seismic stratigraphy, tectonic structure and extension model across the Reed Bank Basin in the South China Sea: evidence from NH973-2 multi-channel seismic profile. Earth Science-Journal of China University of Geosciences, 36(5): 895–904 (in Chinese)

Expedition 349 Scientists (2014). South China Sea tectonics: opening of the South China Sea and its implications for southeast Asian tectonics, climates, and deep mantle processes since the late Mesozoic. International Ocean Discovery Program Preliminary Report, 349

Faccenna C, Becker T W (2010). Shaping Mobile Belts by Small-scale Convection. Nature, 465(7298): 602–605

Fan K Y, Qian G H (1998). The Cenozoic stratigraphic division and correlation in Nansha Waters. China Offshore Oil And Gas (Geology), 12(6): 370–376 (in Chinese)

Fang P G, Ding W W, Fang Y X, Zhao Z X (2015). Development of Carbonate Platform and Its Response to Cenozoic Subsidence in Reed Bank Area, the South China Sea. Earth Science—Journal of China University of Geoscience, 40(12):2052–2066 (in Chinese)

Franke D (2013). Rifting, lithosphere breakup and volcanism: Comparison of magma-poor and volcanic rifted margins. Mar Pet Geol, 54(3): 63–87

Franke D, Barckhausen U, Baristeas N, Engels M, Ladage S, Lutz R, Montano J, Pellejera N, Ramos E G, Schnabel M (2011). The continent-ocean transition at the southeastern margin of the South China Sea. Mar Pet Geol, 28(6): 1187–1204

Franke D, Barckhausen U, Heyde I, Tingay M, Ramli N (2008). Seismic images of a collision zone offshore NWSabah/Borneo. Mar Pet Geol, 25(7): 606–624

Franke D, Savva D, Pubellier M, Steuer S, Mouly B, Auxietre J L, Meresse F, Chamot-Rooke N (2014). The final rifting evolution in the South China Sea. Mar Pet Geol, 58: 704–720

Hall R (2002). Cenozoic geological and plate tectonic evolution of SE Asia and the SW Pacific: computer-based reconstructions, model and animations. J Asian Earth Sci, 20(4): 353–431

Hall R, Clements B, Smyth H R (2009). Sundaland: basement character, structure and plate tectonic development. In: Proceedings, Indonesian Petroleum Association Thirty-Third Annual Convention and Exhibition, May 2009

Hall R, van Hattum M W A, Spakman W (2008). Impact of India–Asia collision on SE Asia: the record in Borneo. Tectonophysics, 451(1): 366–389

Hayes D E, Nissen S S (2005). The South China Sea margins: implications for rifting contrasts. Earth Planet Sci Lett, 237(3-4): 601–616

Hinz K, Schlüter H U (1985). Geology of the dangerous grounds, South China Sea, and the continental margin off southwest Palawan: results of SONNE Cruises SO-23 and SO-27. Energy, 10(3): 297–315

Honza E (1995). Spreading mode of backarc basins in the western Pacific. Tectonophysics, 251(1–4): 139–152

Honza E, Fujioka K (2004). Formation of arcs and backarc basins inferred from the tectonic evolution of Southeast Asia since the Late Cretaceous. Tectonophysics, 384(1-4): 23–53

Huchon P, Nguyen T N H, Chamot-Rooke N (2001). Propagation of continental break-up in the south-western South China Sea. In: Wilson R C L, Whitmarsh R B, Taylor B, Froitzheim N, eds. Nonvolcanic rifting of continental margins: a comparison of evidence from land and sea. London: Special Publication Geological Society, 187: 31–50

Hutchison C S (2004). Marginal basin evolution: the southern South China Sea. Mar Pet Geol, 21(9): 1129–1148

Hutchison C S, Bergman S C, Swauger D A, Graves J E (2000). A Miocene collisional belt in north Borneo: uplift mechanism and isostatic adjustment quantified by thermochronology. J Geol Soc London, 157(4): 783–793

Hutchison C S, Vijayan V (2010). What are the Spratly Islands? J Asian Earth Sci, 39(5): 371–385

King S D, Anderson D L (1998). Edge-driven convection. Earth Planet Sci Lett, 160(3-4): 289–296

Kudrass H R, Wiedicke M, Cepek P, Kreuzer H, Müller P (1986). Mesozoic and Cainozoic rocks dredged from the South China Sea (Reed Bank area) and Sulu Sea and their significance for platetectonic reconstructions. Mar Pet Geol, 3(1): 19–30

Lee T Y, Lawver L A (1995). Cenozoic plate reconstruction of Southeast Asia. Tectonophysics, 251(1-4): 85–138

Li C, Song T (2012). Magnetic recording of the Cenozoic oceanic crustal accretion and evolution of the South China Sea basin. Chin Sci Bull, 57(24): 3165–3181

Li C F, Xu X, Lin J, Sun Z, Zhu J, Yao Y J, Zhao X X, Liu Q S, Kulhanek D K, Wang J, Song T R, Zhao J F, Qiu N, Guan Y, Zhou Z, Williams T, Bao R, Briais A, Brown E A, Chen Y, Clift P D, Colwell F S, Dadd K A, Ding W, Almeida I H, Huang X L, Hyun S, Jiang T, Koppers A A P, Li Q, Liu C, Liu Z, Nagai R H, Peleo-Alampay A, Su X, Tejada M L G, Trinh H S, Yeh Y C, Zhang C, Zhang F, Zhang G L (2014b). Ages and magnetic structures of the South China Sea constrained by deep tow magnetic surveys and IODP Expedition 349. Geochem Geophys Geosyst, 15(12): 4958–4983

Li J B (2011). Dynamics of the Continental Margins in South China Sea: Scientific Experiments and Research Progresses. Chin J Geophys, 54(6): 883–893 (in Chinese)

Li S Z, Suo Y H, Liu X, Liming Dai S Y, Zhao S J (2012). Basic structural pattern and tectonic models of the South China Sea: problems, advances and controversies. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 32(6): 35–53 (in Chinese)

Li S, Zhao S, Liu X, Suo Y, Cao H, Dai L, Guo L, Liu B, Yu S, Zhang G (2014a). Processes of Ocean Continent Transition and Coupling. Periodical of Ocean University of China, 44(10): 113–133 (in Chinese)

Li X H, Li Z X, Li W X, Liu Y, Yuan C, Wei G J, Qi C S (2007). U–Pb zircon, geochemical and Sr–Nd–Hf isotopic constraints on age and origin of Jurassic I- and A-type granites from central Guangdong, SE China: A major igneous event in response to foundering of a subducted flat-slab? Lithos, 96(1-2): 186–204

McKenzie D (1978). Some remarks on the development of sedimentary basins. Earth Planet Sci Lett, 40(1): 25–32

Pang X, Chen C M, Peng D J, Zhu M, Shu Y, He M, Shen J, Liu B J (2007). Sequence stratigraphy of Pearl River Deep-water Fan System in the South China Sea. Earth Sci Front, 14(1): 220–229 (in Chinese)

Pichot T, Delescluse M, Chamot-Rooke N, Pubellier M, Qiu Y, Meresse F, Sun G, Savva D, Wong K P, Watremez L, Auxiètre J L (2014). Deep crustal structure of the conjugate margins of the SW South China Sea from wide-angle refraction seismic data. Mar Pet Geol, 58: 627–643

Qin J X, Hao T Y, Xu Y, Song H, Lu C C, Hu W J (2011). The distribution characteristics and the relationship between the tectonic units of the Moho Depth in South China Sea and Adjacent Areas. Chin J Geophys, 54(12): 3171–3183 (in Chinese)

Reston T J (2009). The Extension Discrepancy and Syn-Rift Subsidence Deficit at Rifted Margins. Petrol Geosci, 15(3): 217–237

Ru K, Pigott J D (1986). Episodic rifting and subsidence in the South China Sea. AAPG Bulletin, September, 70: 1136–1155

Ruan A G, Niu X W, Qiu X L, Li J B, Wu Z L, Zhao MH (2011). A wide angle ocean bottom seismometer profile across Liyue Bank, the southern margin of South China Sea. Chin J Geophys, 54(12): 3139–3149 (in Chinses)

Sandiford M, Hand M, Mclaren S (1998). High geothermal gradient metamorphism during thermal subsidence. Earth Planet Sci Lett, 163(1-4): 149–165

Savva D, Pubellier M, Franke D, Chamot-Rooke N, Meresse F, Steuer S, Auxietre J L (2014). Different expressions of rifting on the South China Sea margins. Mar Pet Geol, 58: 579–598

Schlüter H U, Hinz K, Block M (1996). Tectono-stratigraphic terranes and detachment faulting of the South China Sea and Sulu Sea. Mar Geol, 130(1-2): 39–78

Shipboard Scientific Party (2000) Leg 184 summary: exploring the Asian Monsoon through drilling in the South China Sea. In: Wang P, Prell W, Blum P, eds. Proc. ODP, Initial results. IODP, College Station, TX, 1–77

Song T, Li C F (2015). Rifting to drifting transition of the Southwest Subbasin of the South China Sea. Mar Geophys Res, 36(2–3): 167–185.

Steckler M S, Watts A B (1978). Subsidence of the Atlantic-type continental margin off New York. Earth Planet Sci Lett, 41(1): 1–13

Steuer S, Franke D, Meresse F, Savvab D, Pubellierb M, Auxietrec J L (2013). Oligocene–Miocene carbonates and their role for constraining the rifting and collision history of the Dangerous Gounds, South China Sea. Mar Pet Geol, 76: 412–427

Sun Z, Zhao Z X, Zhou D, Yang S K, Lin H M (2011). The stratigraphy and the sequence achitecture of the basins in Nansha Region. Earth Science-Journal of China University of Geosciences, 36(5): 798–806 (in Chinese)

Sun Z, Zhong Z, Keep M, Zhou D, Cai D S, Li X H, Wu S M, Jiang J Q (2009). 3D analogue modeling of the South China Sea: a discussion on breakup pattern. J Asian Earth Sci, 34(4): 544–556

Taylor B, Hayes D E (1980). The tectonic evolution of the South China Basin. The tectonic and geologic evolution of Southeast Asian seas and islands, 89–104

Taylor B, Hayes D E (1983). Origin and history of the South China Sea basin. The Tectonic and Geologic Evolution of Southeast Asian Seas and Islands: Part 2, 23–56

Tong D J, Ren J Y, Lei C, Yang H Z, Yin X Y (2009). Lithosphere stretching model of deep water in Qiongdongnan Basin, northern continental margin of South China Sea and controlling of the post-rift subsidence. Earth Sci, 34(6): 963–974 (in Chinese)

Ungerer P, Bessis F, Chenet P Y, Durand B, Nogaret E, Chiarelli A, Oudin J L, Perrin J F (1984). Geological and geochemical models in oil exploration; principles and practical examples. In Demaison G, Murris R J, eds. Petroleum Geochemistry and Basin Evaluation: AAPG Memoir, 35: 53–77

Van Wijk J W, Baldridge W S, van Hunen J, Goes S, Aster R C, Coblentz D (2010). Small-scale Convection at the Edge of the Colorado Plateau: Implications for Topography, Magmatism, and Evolution of Proterozic Lithosphere. Geology, 38(7): 611–614

Van Wijk J W, Van Hunen J, Goes S (2008). Small-scale Convection during Continental Rifting: Evidence from the Rio Grande Rift. Geology, 36(7): 575–578

Wu N Y, Zeng W J, Song H B, Zhou Z Y, Du D L, Wan L (2003). Tectonic subsidence of the South China Sea. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 23(1): 55–65 (in Chinese)

Xie H, Zhou D, Li Y, Pang X, Li P C, Chen G H, Li F C, Cao J H (2014). Cenozoic tectonic subsidence in deepwater sags in the Pearl River Mouth Basin, northern South China Sea. Tectonophysics, 615: 182–198

Yan P, Liu H (2004). Tectonic-stratigraphic division and blind fold structures in Nansha Waters, South China Sea. J Asian Earth Sci, 24(3): 337–348

Yang M Z, Wu J M, Yang R, Duan W W (1996). Stratigraphic division and nomenclature of the southwestern Nansha sea area. Geol. Res. South China Sea, 8: 37–46 (in Chinese)

Yao B C (1996). Tectonic evolution of the south china sea in Cenozoic. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 16(2): 1–12 (in Chinese)

Yao Y J, Liu H L, Yang C P, Han B, Tian J J, Yin Z X, Gong J L, Xu Q Y (2012). Characteristics and evolution of Cenozoic sediments in the Liyue Basin, SE South China Sea. J Asian Earth Sci, 60: 114–129

Yeh Y, Sibuet J, Hsu S, Liu C (2010). Tectonic evolution of the Northeastern South China Sea from seismic interpretation. J Geophys Res Solid Earth, 115, B060103

Yumul G P Jr, Dimalanta C B, Maglambayan V B, Marquez E J (2008). Tectonic setting of a composite terrane: a review of the Philippine island arc system. Geosci J, 12(1): 7–17

Yumul G P Jr, Dimalanta C B, Tamayo R A Jr, Maury R C (2003). Collision, subduction and accretion events in the Philippines: a synthesis. Isl Arc, 12(2): 77–91

Zhao Z X, Sun Z, Chen G H (2011). Cenozoic structural characteristics and subsidence evolution in Nansha. Earth Science-Journal of China University of Geosciences, 36(5): 815–822 (in Chinese)

Zhao Z X, Sun Z, Wang Z, Sun Z P, Liu J B, Wang Z W, Sun L T (2013). The dynamic mechanism of post-rift accelerated subsidence in Qiongdongnan Basin, northern South China Sea. Mar Geophys Res, 34(3-4): 295–308

Zhao Z X, Zhou D, Liao J, He M, Guo X Y, Zhang Y F, Xu Z Y (2010). Lithospheric Stretching Modeling of the Continental Shelf in the Pearl River Mouth Basin and Analysis of Post-Breakup Subsidence. Acta Geol Sin, 84(8): 1135–1145 (in Chinese)

Zhou D, Ru K, Chen H (1995). Kinematics of Cenozoic extension on the South China Sea continental margin and its implications for the tectonic evolution of the region. Tectonophysics, 251(1): 161–177

Zhou D, Sun Z, Chen H, Xu H H, Wang W Y, Pang X, Cai D S, Hu D K (2008). Mesozoic paleogeography and tectonic evolution of South China Sea and adjacent areas in the context of Tethyan and Paleo-Pacific interconnections. Isl Arc, 17(2): 186–207

Zhu D, Larin K V, Luo Q, Tuchin V V (2013). Recent progress in tissue optical clearing. Laser Photonics Rev, 7(5): 732–757