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...

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Main Authors: Hongdan Deng, Jianye Ren, Xiong Pang, Patrice F. Rey, Ken R. McClay, Ian M. Watkinson, Jingyun Zheng, Pan Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18448-y