Fang Zhao

TL;DR: In this article, two volcanic complexes are identified and described in the context of continental rifting and diachronous continental breakup of the South China Sea, and the relative location of volcanic complexes in the Baiyun Sag, and their stratigraphic position, reveals prolonged magmatism inboard of the ocean-continent transition zone during continental breakup.

TL;DR: In this article, a number of enigmatic, km-scale mound structures have been discovered in the Baiyun Sag of the Pearl River Mouth Basin using high-resolution 2D and 3D seismic data combined with multi-beam bathymetry.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors first identified 45 seamounts in the northern margin of the South China Sea (SCS) and simulated their shape with elliptical cones, and estimated the total volume of these 45 seamsounts above seafloor is estimated at about 1885-3078 km3, which is close to the estimates for classic large igneous provinces across the world.

TL;DR: In this article, high-resolution multi-beam bathymetry, 3D and 2D seismic reflection profiles were used to investigate the morphology, characteriStics, origin and implications to petroleum systems of recurrent slope failure in the Qiongdongnan Basin, northern South China Sea.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigate the detailed structural features of post-rift magmatism in the crust of the South China Sea (SCSCCS) northern margin, and show that a wide distribution of shallow igneous sills and intrusions are spatially and tectonically linked to the lower crustal high-velocity bodies and submarine volcanism.