supported by the Innovative Group Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. KZCX2-YW-Q05-04);the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program) (Nos. 2009CB219401, 2007CB411704);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 40876026,40576027);the Knowledge Innovation Program of the South China Sea In-stitute of Oceanology,CAS (No. LYQY200704)
The Pearl River Mouth basin (PRMB) is a marginal sedimentary basin of the South China Sea. It trends NE and is divided into three segments from west to east by two NW-trending faults. Changing dramatically in struct...
supported by the National Basic Research Pro-gram of China (Nos. 2009CB219401, 2007CB41170405);the CAS Key Innovation Program (No. KZCX3-SW-234-1);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 40876026, 40576027);the Knowledge Innovation Program of the South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, CAS (No. LYQY200704);the Open Fund of the Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, CAS
Affected by thermal perturbation due to mantle uprising, the rheological structure of the lithosphere could be modified, which could lead to different rifting patterns from shelf to slope in a passive continental marg...