Jinghe Cao

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 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.

TL;DR: In this paper, multibeam bathymetric, seismic and borehole data are used to investigate a large-scale strike-slip structure, the Baiyun-Liwan Fault Zone, in the northern South China Sea.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used P-wave velocities from 30 ocean bottom seismometers to forward model ten Pwave velocity models along both dip and strike directions to gain insights into the spatial variation in crustal structure, and proposed that the heterogeneous crustal structures in this passive margin are an integrated result of segmental extension followed by magmatic overprinting.