Formation and syn-rifting process of the Wan’an Basin, South China Sea

Caili Lü; Yongjian Yao; Shiguo Wu; Dongdong Dong

doi:10.1007/s00343-013-1220-5

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Formation and syn-rifting process of the Wan’an Basin, South China Sea

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- Formation and syn-rifting process of the Wan’an Basin, South China Sea
- Formation and syn-rifting process of the Wan’an Basin, South China Sea
- 海洋湖沼学报（英文） 2013年31卷第1期页码：190-201
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  1. Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences
  2. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
  3. Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey
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  Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (No. 2009CB219406) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40930845)
- DOI：10.1007/s00343-013-1220-5
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- 网络首发：2013-01-16，
  
  纸质出版：2013
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Formation and syn-rifting process of the Wan’an Basin, South China Sea[J]. 海洋湖沼学报（英文）, 2013,31(1):190-201.

Lü, C., Yao, Y., Wu, S. et al. Formation and syn-rifting process of the Wan’an Basin, South China Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 31, 190–201 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-013-1220-5
Formation and syn-rifting process of the Wan’an Basin, South China Sea[J]. 海洋湖沼学报（英文）, 2013,31(1):190-201. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-013-1220-5.

Lü, C., Yao, Y., Wu, S. et al. Formation and syn-rifting process of the Wan’an Basin, South China Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 31, 190–201 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-013-1220-5 DOI：

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Abstract

Based on seismic and drilling data

we calculated tectonic subsidence amounts and rates of the Wan’an Basin by backstripping. The genetic mechanism and syn-rifting process of the basin were analyzed in combination with the regional geological setting. The results reveal that the basin syn-rifted in the Eocene and early Miocene under the control of the dextral strike-slip Wan’an Fault Zone. The transtensional/extentional stresses along this fault zone may be attributed to seafloor spreading of the South China Sea (SCS) in multiple episodes. Extensive basal faults and some small initial rifts in the early Paleogene can be related to southeastward extrusion and clockwise rotation of the Indochina Block. During the Oligocene

the nearly N-S directed spreading of the SCS derived the transtensional stresses in a roughly NW-SE orientation. The basin subsided rapidly in the middle and north to form two major subsidence centers. In the early Miocene

the SCS spread again in a nearly NW-SE direction

resulting in rapid subsidence in the southern basin continuous extending until the period ∼16.3 Ma.

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