The East Asian continental margin straddles the boundary between two dynamic … See more

During the late Mesozoic, the East Asian continental margin was characterized by an Andean-type active continental margin (Taylor and Hayes 1980; Suo et al. 2019), in which a … See more

3.1. The Beibu Gulf Basin (BBGB)
The Beibu Gulf Basin mainly consists of the Weixinan Sag, the Haizhong Sag, the Wushi Sag, the Maichen Sag, the Fushan Sag, and th… See more

The rifting and faulting in the northern margin of the SCS show an obvious tectonic migration. The timing of initial rifting in different rift basins evidenced by the rift-ons… See more

5.1. Evolution of the multiple dynamic systems around the SCS
The SCS and its northern margin were confined by Indo-Eurasian collision to the west, the s… See more

6.1. The diachronous oceanic crust of the South China Sea
The SCS oceanic basin was traditionally divided into four subunits: the East, Southwest… See more