Formation of the Zengmu and Beikang Basins, and West Baram Line in the southwestern South China Sea margin

Bing HAN; Zhongxian ZHAO; Xiaofang WANG; Zhen SUN; Fucheng LI; Benduo ZHU; Yongjian YAO; Liqiang LIU; Tianyue PENG; Genyuan LONG

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Formation of the Zengmu and Beikang Basins, and West Baram Line in the southwestern South China Sea margin

Geomorphology and geological structure of South China Sea | Updated：2024-10-12

- Formation of the Zengmu and Beikang Basins, and West Baram Line in the southwestern South China Sea margin
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 41, Issue 2, Pages: 592-611(2023)
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  1.Key Laboratory of Ocean and Marginal Sea Geology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 511458, China
  2.Key Laboratory of Marine Mineral Resources, Ministry of Natural Resources, Guangzhou 511458, China
  3.Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 511458, China
  4.Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey, China Geological Survey, Ministry of Natural Resources, Guangzhou 511458, China
  5.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
  6.Hainan Key Laboratory of Marine Geological Resources and Environment, Haikou 570206, China
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  zxzhao@scsio.ac.cn
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- Received：17 December 2021，
  
  Published：01 March 2023
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HAN Bing,ZHAO Zhongxian,WANG Xiaofang,et al.Formation of the Zengmu and Beikang Basins, and West Baram Line in the southwestern South China Sea margin[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2023,41(02):592-611.
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HAN Bing,ZHAO Zhongxian,WANG Xiaofang,et al.Formation of the Zengmu and Beikang Basins, and West Baram Line in the southwestern South China Sea margin[J].Journal of Oceanology and Limnology,2023,41(02):592-611. DOI：

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Abstract

The Zengmu and Beikang basins

separated b

y the West Baram Line (WBL) in the southwestern South China Sea margin

display distinct geological and geophysical features. However

the nature of the basins and the WBL are debated. Here we explore this issue by conducting the stratigraphic and structural interpretation

faults and subsidence analysis

and lithospheric finite extension modelling using seismic data. Results show that the WBL is a trans-extensional fault zone comprising normal faults and flower structures mainly active in the Late Eocene to Early Miocene. The Zengmu Basin

to the southwest of the WBL

shows an overall synformal geometry

thick folded strata in the Late Eocene to Late Miocene (40.4‍‍‍‍‍‍–‍‍5.2 Ma)

and pretty small normal faults at the basin edge

which imply that the Zengmu Basin is a foreland basin under the Luconia and Borneo collision in the Sarawak since the Eocene. Furthermore

the basin exhibits two stages of subsidence (fast in 40.4‍‍‍‍‍‍–‍‍30 Ma and slow in 30‍‍‍‍‍‍–‍‍0 Ma); but the amount of observed subsidence and heat flow are both greater than that predicted by crustal thinning. The Beikang Basin

to the NE of the WBL

consists of the syn-rift faulted sub-basins (45‍‍‍‍‍‍–‍‍16.4 Ma) and the post-rift less deformed sequences (16.4‍‍‍‍‍‍–‍‍0 Ma). The heat flow (~60 mW/m

) is also consistent with that predicted based on crustal thinning

inferring that it is a rifted basin. However

the basin shows three stages of subsidence (fast in 45‍‍‍‍‍‍–‍‍30 Ma

uplift in 30‍‍‍‍‍‍–‍‍16.4 Ma

and fast in 16.4‍‍‍‍‍‍–‍‍0 Ma). In the uplift stage

the strata were partly folded in the Late Oligocene and partly eroded in the Early Miocene

which is probably caused by the flexural bulging in response to the paleo-South China Sea subduction and the subsequent Dangerous Grounds and Borneo collision in the Sabah to the east of the WBL.

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Zhen SUN

Fucheng LI

Benduo ZHU

Yongjian YAO

Liqiang LIU

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Key Laboratory of Ocean and Marginal Sea Geology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Innovation Academy of South China Sea Ecology and Environmental Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory

Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey, China Geological Survey

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

CAS Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

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