Late Mesozoic tectonic structure and evolution along the present-day northeastern South China Sea continental margin |
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| Authors: | Chun-Feng Li Zuyi Zhou Hujun Hao Huanjiang Chen Jialin Wang Bing Chen Jiansheng Wu |
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| Institution: | aSchool of Ocean and Earth Sciences, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China;bState Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China;cNanhai East Institute of CNOOC Research Center, Guangzhou 510240, Guangdong, China |
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| Abstract: | The northeastern South China Sea continental margin holds the key to understanding Late Mesozoic tectonics and evaluating hydrocarbon potentials in Mesozoic tectonic and stratigraphic structures offshore southeast China. With newly obtained and processed seismic data, and new drilling and logging data, we correlate regional Mesozoic stratigraphy and analyze major Mesozoic tectonic events and structures. In particular, we focus our study on the three major tectonic units in the area, the Chaoshan Depression, the Tainan Basin, and the Dongsha–Penghu Uplift, which are separated by basement high, thrust fold, and (or) faults. Stratigraphic correlations suggest a major phase of southeastward regression, spanning in time from the late Early Jurassic ( 180 Ma) to the Early Cretaceous (120 Ma). Seismic data reveal two major tectonic events, with the first one in the Late Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous, contemporary with the regression, and the second one in the Late Cretaceous. Regional magnetic anomaly map after the reduction to the pole clearly reveals the boundary between the Dongsha–Penghu Uplift and the Chaoshan–Tainan depositional system. The seismic and magnetic data also suggest that, while the Dongsha–Penghu Uplift has highly magnetized sources buried mostly in the upper crust at depths from about 2 km to about 20 km, the Chaoshan–Tainan depositional system has thick Mesozoic sediments of low magnetization. |
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| Keywords: | South China Sea Mesozoic tectonics Seismic interpretation Euler deconvolution Reduction to the North Pole Magnetic anomaly |
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