Late cenozoic tectonic deformation in the Dongsha Islands and adjacent sea area

Wu Shiguo; Liu Zhan; Wang Wanyin; Guo Junhua; T. Lüdmann; H. K. Wong

doi:10.1007/BF02860434

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Late cenozoic tectonic deformation in the Dongsha Islands and adjacent sea area

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- Late cenozoic tectonic deformation in the Dongsha Islands and adjacent sea area
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 21, Issue 4, Pages: 377-388(2003)
- Affiliations：
  
  1. Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences
  2. Ocean University of China
  3. College of Engineering and Geodesy Changan University
  4. Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
  5. Institute of Biogeochemistry University of Hamburg
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- DOI：10.1007/BF02860434
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- Online First：31 January 2013，
  
  Published：2003
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Shiguo, W., Zhan, L., Wanyin, W. et al. Late cenozoic tectonic deformation in the Dongsha Islands and adjacent sea area., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 21, 377–388 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02860434
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Shiguo, W., Zhan, L., Wanyin, W. et al. Late cenozoic tectonic deformation in the Dongsha Islands and adjacent sea area., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 21, 377–388 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02860434 DOI：

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Abstract

Dongsha Island and the adjacent sea area locate at the northern continental margin of the South China Sea (SCS)

and is connected to the east by the Manila Trench. Analyses of seismic stratigraphy and gravity

magnetic and drilling wells data led to the discovery of three post-fault sequences (V

VII). Extensive tectonic uplift

magma activity and erosion occurred in Dongsha Island and the adjacent area

where most of the faults in the northeastern SCS were still active during Pliocene and Quaternary. Two groups of faults trending NEE and NW were developed during Late Cenozoic. We conclude that three important tectonic movements

especially Dongsha movement (4.4–5.2 Ma) and Liuhua movement (1.4–1.89 Ma)

controlled the structural framework in the Dongsha rise; whose deformation in the east is stronger than that in the west and whose stress field variation suggests that the tectonic uplift in the study area contributed to magmato-tectonic events correlated to the main collision phases between the East China and Taiwan 5-3 and 3-0 Ma ago.

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