The South China Sea(SCS)is presented here as a case example to demonstrate the evolution of basins developed at convergent boundaries.The structural map published in 2017 by CGMW at the 1:3 million scale allows to vis...The South China Sea(SCS)is presented here as a case example to demonstrate the evolution of basins developed at convergent boundaries.The structural map published in 2017 by CGMW at the 1:3 million scale allows to visualize the location of the rifting faults from a normal to hyper-extended crust,the shape and structure of the oceanic crust and their late involvement in a convergent margin.It highlights the reactivation of the Mesozoic tectono-stratigraphic setting such as broad folds and granitic plutons during the rifting,and the effect of the resulting architecture on the NW Borneo accretionary wedge.展开更多
文摘The South China Sea(SCS)is presented here as a case example to demonstrate the evolution of basins developed at convergent boundaries.The structural map published in 2017 by CGMW at the 1:3 million scale allows to visualize the location of the rifting faults from a normal to hyper-extended crust,the shape and structure of the oceanic crust and their late involvement in a convergent margin.It highlights the reactivation of the Mesozoic tectono-stratigraphic setting such as broad folds and granitic plutons during the rifting,and the effect of the resulting architecture on the NW Borneo accretionary wedge.
