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Basin Evolution and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Northern South China Sea

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The South China Sea (SCS) has been in the geological spotlight for about two decades. Considerable efforts have been devoted to understanding its tectonic evolution and to incorporating the evolution into a global plate tectonic theme. Many complexities are concerning the SCS, including the multiple orientation of structural lineations, the irregular geometry of the oceanic crust, the broad and highly broken transitional continental margin, and the conspicuous discrepancy between the east and the west. These are difficult to be understood only based on the data from the deep oceanic parts of the sea. Geological records from the continental margins, especially from the sedimentary basins, may provide valuable insights.

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Ru, K., Zhou, D., Chen, Hz. (1994). Basin Evolution and Hydrocarbon Potential of the Northern South China Sea. In: Di, Z., Yuan-Bo, L., Cheng-Kui, Z. (eds) Oceanology of China Seas. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0886-7_2

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