Insights about the structure and development of Zhongsha Bank in the South China Sea from integrated geophysical modelling | |
Huang, Haibo1,2; He, Enyuan1,2; Qiu, Xuelin1,2; Guo, Xingwei3,4; Fan, Jianke5; Zhang, Xunhua3 | |
2019-08-19 | |
Source Publication | INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW
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ISSN | 0020-6814 |
Pages | 11 |
Corresponding Author | Guo, Xingwei(xwguo_qd@126.com) |
Abstract | We construct a complete density transection based on the velocity structures across the Zhongsha Bank in the South China Sea. Gravity modelling of the lateral density contrasts between tectonic units helps us to determine the structural attributes and boundaries between continental blocks and deep basins. The configuration of the continent-ocean boundary (COB) around the Zhongsha Bank is mapped based on the gravity/magnetic anomaly and crustal structures. A low-density mantle is found beneath the Zhongsha Bank and the oceanic basins, and this mantle is associated with the high heat-flow background. The COB orientation is northeast-east in the north of the bank, with faulted linear structures. In further southeast, where there is a more intact crust, the COB orientation changed to north-northeast. The reconstructed density model and gravity/magnetic map indicate that the Zhongsha Bank is conjugated with the Liyue Bank by a rifted basin, where the crust had experienced localized deformation before the seafloor spreading. Because of the insufficient magmatism in the oceanic basin, the spreading ridge propagates into the weakened continental lithosphere between the two continental blocks, thus completely separating the Zhongsha Bank from the Liyue Bank. Seafloor spreading ridge jumps within the South China Sea may also be affected by the heterogeneous lithosphere beneath the continental blocks and oceanic basins. |
Keyword | South China Sea Zhongsha Bank continental block geophysical modelling ridge propagation |
DOI | 10.1080/00206814.2019.1653798 |
Indexed By | SCI |
Language | 英语 |
Funding Project | National Natural Science Foundation of China[41306046] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41676045] ; Project of Geological and Geophysical Series Maps of China[GZH200900504] ; Guangdong NSF research team project[2017A030312002] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41306046] ; National Natural Science Foundation of China[41676045] ; Project of Geological and Geophysical Series Maps of China[GZH200900504] ; Guangdong NSF research team project[2017A030312002] |
WOS Research Area | Geology |
WOS Subject | Geology |
WOS ID | WOS:000482046800001 |
Publisher | TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC |
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Document Type | 期刊论文 |
Identifier | http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/162358 |
Collection | 海洋地质与环境重点实验室 |
Corresponding Author | Guo, Xingwei |
Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, South China Sea Inst Oceanol, Key Lab Ocean & Marginal Sea Geol, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China 2.Chiese Acad Sci, Innovat Acad South China Sea Ecol & Environm Engn, Guangzhou, Guangdong, Peoples R China 3.Qingdao Inst Marine Geol, Qingdao, Shandong, Peoples R China 4.Qingdao Natl Lab Marine Sci & Technol, Evaluat & Detect Technol Lab Marine Resources, Qingdao 266235, Shandong, Peoples R China 5.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, KEY Lab Marine Geol & Environm, Qingdao, Shandong, Peoples R China |
First Author Affilication | Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Huang, Haibo,He, Enyuan,Qiu, Xuelin,et al. Insights about the structure and development of Zhongsha Bank in the South China Sea from integrated geophysical modelling[J]. INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW,2019:11. |
APA | Huang, Haibo,He, Enyuan,Qiu, Xuelin,Guo, Xingwei,Fan, Jianke,&Zhang, Xunhua.(2019).Insights about the structure and development of Zhongsha Bank in the South China Sea from integrated geophysical modelling.INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW,11. |
MLA | Huang, Haibo,et al."Insights about the structure and development of Zhongsha Bank in the South China Sea from integrated geophysical modelling".INTERNATIONAL GEOLOGY REVIEW (2019):11. |
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