South China Sea documents the transition from wide continental rift to continental break up
The transition from wide continental rift to continental break-up remains enigmatic. Here, the authors show that northern margin of the South China Sea records the transition between wide continental rift to a highly extended continental margin, with strikingly similar structures and metamorphic cor...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-09-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18448-y |
| Summary: | The transition from wide continental rift to continental break-up remains enigmatic. Here, the authors show that northern margin of the South China Sea records the transition between wide continental rift to a highly extended continental margin, with strikingly similar structures and metamorphic core complexes to those described from the North American Cordillera and the Aegean. |
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| ISSN: | 2041-1723 |