Huilong Xu

TL;DR: In this article, a nearly 500 km-long seismic profile with reflective and refractive wide-angle Ocean Bottom Seismometer (OBS) data and multi-channel Seismic (MCS) data was acquired across the northeastern continental margin of the South China Sea (SCS).

TL;DR: In this paper, a continent-ocean transition zone in the northern South China Sea caused by the lithospheric extension when the continent underwent break-up, rifting and later seafloor spreading, is clearly imaged in the multi-channel seismic data presented in this study.

TL;DR: In this article, a 2D seismic tomographic image of the crustal structure along the OBS2012 profile is presented, which delineates the Moho morphology and magmatic features of the northeastern South China Sea margin.

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, a wide-angle onshore-offshore seismic experiment was carried out in the northern South China Sea near Hong Kong, using large volume airgun sources at sea and seismic stations on land.