NDLI: Existence of Qiongnan suture zone on the north margin of South China Sea

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Liu, Hailing Yan, Pin Liu, Yingchun Deng, Hui
Copyright Year	2006
Abstract	This paper aims to explore whether paleo-suture zone exists in the pre-Cenozoic basement of South China Sea (SCS). By taking advantage of integrated geophysical surveying data, including multi-channel reflection seismicity, oceanic bottom seismicity, gravity and magnetic data as well as paleomagnetism and drilling information, a comprehensive analysis on sedimentary stratigraphy, seismic stratigraphy, magmatic and metamorphic petrology, geochemistry, gravity study, magnetics, paleogeomagnetics as well as geotectonics was carried out, and the results clearly indicate that a pre-Cenozoic suture zone, i.e. “Qiongnan (south Hainan Island) suture zone”, does exist on the north margin of SCS. This suture zone starts in the west from the Jiusuo-Lingshui fault zone in the south of Hainan Island, extends eastward across the continental slope to the north of SCS, and links with Shoufeng fault in Taiwan. It is inferred that the Qiongnan suture zone was sutured approximately in Indosinian (Triassic) Epoch and is actually the vestige of “Qiongnan ocean basin”, the extension of the main paleo-Tethys ocean basin in SCS. The formation of Qiongnan suture zone marked the collision-accretion of the Qiongnan Block toward the Qiongzhong Block. The Qiongnan suture zone is linked to the west with the southward extension of the principal suture zone of the Paleo-Tethys at Bitu-Changning-Menglian-Bentong-Raub, across the southern segment of the Red River-East Vietnam-Wanna strike-slip fault zone, and connected to the east with the suture zone emplaced into the south margin of the Oki-Hida Pre-Jurassic terranes in southwest Japan, across the northern segment of the Manila trench fault zone in the northeast side of Taiwan Island. The discovery of this suture zone is believed to be potentially significant toward study of the pre-Cenozoic geotectonic pattern of SCS, the temporal and spatial distribution of the east paleo-Tethys structural domain in SCS and the relationship of recombination and superimposition between the east paleo-Tethys structural domain and the west Pacific structural domain, in addition to the oil/gas geological potentials in the pre-Cenozoic marine vestige-superimposed basin in the study area.
Starting Page	107
Ending Page	120
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10016538
Journal	Chinese Science Bulletin
Volume Number	51
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	18619541
Language	English
Publisher	Science in China Press
Publisher Date	2006-01-01
Publisher Place	Beijing
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Paleo-Tethys Qiongnan ocean basin Qiongnan block Qiongnan suture zone geotectonic framework South China Sea Science Physics Chemistry/Food Science Life Sciences Geosciences Engineering
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Radiolarian transfer function for paleo-primary productivity in the South China Sea

The deep thermal characteristic of continental margin of the northern South China Sea

Neoproterozoic plate tectonic process and Phanerozoic geodynamic evolution of the South China Block

The Early Paleozoic paleogeography of the North China block and the other major blocks of China

Long-range correlations in remotely sensed chlorophyll in the South China Sea

High resolutionPorites Mg/Ca thermometer for the north of the South China Sea

Barrier layer in the northeastern South China Sea and its formation mechanism

Rb-Sr chronological characteristics of Jurassic granitoid gravels in north margin of Dabie block, Central China

Rifting process and formation mechanisms of syn-rift stage prolongation in the deepwater basin, northern South China Sea

Existence of Qiongnan suture zone on the north margin of South China Sea

Similar Documents

Radiolarian transfer function for paleo-primary productivity in the South China Sea

The deep thermal characteristic of continental margin of the northern South China Sea

Neoproterozoic plate tectonic process and Phanerozoic geodynamic evolution of the South China Block

The Early Paleozoic paleogeography of the North China block and the other major blocks of China

Long-range correlations in remotely sensed chlorophyll in the South China Sea

High resolutionPorites Mg/Ca thermometer for the north of the South China Sea

Barrier layer in the northeastern South China Sea and its formation mechanism

Rb-Sr chronological characteristics of Jurassic granitoid gravels in north margin of Dabie block, Central China

Rifting process and formation mechanisms of syn-rift stage prolongation in the deepwater basin, northern South China Sea

Existence of Qiongnan suture zone on the north margin of South China Sea