Mesozoic subduction-accretion zone in northeastern South China Sea inferred from geophysical interpretations  

作　　者：ZHOU Di1, WANG Wanyin2, WANG Jialin3, PANG Xiong4, CAI Dongsheng5 & SUN Zhen1 1. Key Laboratory of Marginal Sea Geology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guang- zhou 510301, China 2. College of Geological and Topographical Engineering, Chang’an University, Xi’an 710054, China 3. Key Laboratory of Marine Geology, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China 4. China National Offshore Oil Co. Limited – Shenzhen Branch, Shenzhen 518067, China 5. China National Offshore Oil Co. Limited – Research Center, Beijing 100027, China 

出　　处：《Science China Earth Sciences》2006年第5期471-482,共12页中国科学（地球科学英文版）

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.40238060);the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.G20000467-02);the Key Project of the Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant No.KZCX2-SW-117);the National Special Project(Grant No.2001DIA50041).

摘　　要：A segment of Mesozoic subduction-accretion zone was inferred across thenortheastern South China Sea at approximately NE450 orientation. Basic evidence includes thefollowing: A belt of peek gross horizontal Bouguer gravity gradient (PGHGBA) is comparable in sizeand intensity to that of the Manila subduction-accretion zone. A belt of high positive magneticanomalies appears to the north and sub-parallel to the PGHGBA, representing the volcanic arcassociated to the subduction zone. The PGHGBA crosses obliquely both Cenozoic structures and presentseafloor topography, indicating a pre-Cenozoic age. The segment is offset left-laterally byNW-running strike-slip faults, in concord with the Mesozoic stress field of South China. Inaddition, the existence of the subduction zone is supported by wide-angle seismic data obtained indifferent years by different institutions. At approximate localities, a north-dipping ramp of Mohosurface is indicated by records of ocean-bottom seismometers, and a strong reflector about 8 kmbeneath the Moho reflector is indicated by both OBS and long-cable seismic records. Theidentification of a segment of Mesozoic subduction zone in NE South China Sea fills nicely the gapof the Great Late Mesozoic Circum SE Asia Subduction-acrretion Zone, which extended from Sumatra,Java, SE Kalimantan to N Palawan, and from Taiwan, Ryukyu to SW Japan.A segment of Mesozoic subduction-accretion zone was inferred across the northeastern South China Sea at approximately NE45° orientation. Basic evidence includes the following: A belt of peek gross horizontal Bouguer gravity gradient (PGHGBA) is comparable in size and intensity to that of the Manila subduction-accretion zone. A belt of high positive magnetic anomalies appears to the north and sub-parallel to the PGHGBA, representing the volcanic arc associated to the subduction zone. The PGHGBA crosses obliquely both Cenozoic structures and present seafloor topography, indicating a pre-Cenozoic age. The segment is offset left-laterally by NW-running strike-slip faults, in concord with the Mesozoic stress field of South China. In addition, the existence of the subduction zone is supported by wide-angle seismic data obtained in different years by different institutions. At approximate localities, a north-dipping ramp of Moho surface is indicated by records of ocean-bottom seismometers, and a strong reflector about 8 km beneath the Moho reflector is indicated by both OBS and long-cable seismic records. The identification of a segment of Mesozoic subduction zone in NE South China Sea fills nicely the gap of the Great Late Mesozoic Circum SE Asia Subduction-acrretion Zone, which extended from Sumatra, Java, SE Kalimantan to N Palawan, and from Taiwan, Ryukyu to SW Japan.

关 键 词：Mesozoic  SUBDUCTION zone  SE Asia  NE SOUTH China Sea  geophysics. 

分 类 号：P534.5[天文地球—古生物学与地层学]