Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of the conjugate continental margin evolution in the South China Sea and future ocean drilling wells

ZHU Wenjun; DU Xuexin; SHANG Luning; LI Panfeng; PAN Jun; QI Jianghao; MENG Yuanku; HU Gang

doi:10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2022062001

Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology > 2022 > 42(5): 110-123. > DOI: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2022062001

ZHU Wenjun，DU Xuexin，SHANG Luning，et al. Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of the conjugate continental margin evolution in the South China Sea and future ocean drilling wells[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology，2022，42(5)：110-123. DOI: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2022062001

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Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of the conjugate continental margin evolution in the South China Sea and future ocean drilling wells

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School of Earth Science and Engineering, Shandong University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266590, China
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Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, China Geological Survey, Qingdao 266237, China

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Received Date: June 19, 2022
Revised Date: August 09, 2022
Available Online: October 24, 2022

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The South China Sea is one of the largest marginal seas in the Western Pacific. It is located at the transition and junction of the Eurasian Plate, the Philippine Sea Plate and the Indo-Australian Plate and contains a wealth of cutting-edge geoscience issues.Based on the previous ocean drilling expeditions (ODP184, IODP349, IODP367, IODP368, and IODP368X) in the South China Sea, the important progresses were summarized systematically since the Mesozoic, including the basin rifting, seafloor spreading, climate change, and sedimentary evolution respectively. Focusing on the Spatiotemporal heterogeneity during the evolutionary process of the conjugate continental margin, four scientific themes are proposed, such as the extension and thinning process of the continental margin, the rift process of the ocean-continent transition zone, the dynamic mechanism of magmatic activity. Most of the previous oceanic drilling expeditions are constrained to the middle part of the northern continental margin of the South China Sea, and have limited control on the entire South China Sea. In order to solve the above scientific problems, 9 drilling sites are proposed in the northeast sub-basin, southwest sub-basin and northwest sub-basin of the South China Sea through the detailed interpretation of the relevant data. Thus, a comprehensive, complete and specific evolution process of the South China Sea will be revealled. Adhering to the principle of combining the depth and the shallow, and the combination of difficulty and ease, the proposed sites will be carried out for the implementation of the South China Sea ocean drilling in the future, which not only has the practical needs to support the future drilling and mining of natural gas hydrate in the South China Sea, but also has important scientific significance for depicting the complete life history of the South China Sea.
- Ocean drilling,
- tectonic geology,
- conjugate continental margin,
- Moho discontinuity,
- South China Sea

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Spatiotemporal heterogeneity of the conjugate continental margin evolution in the South China Sea and future ocean drilling wells