Acknowledgements Thanks to two anonymous reviewers for thier reviews and constructive comments of our manuscript. We also wish to thank Prof. T. Kusky and Dr. D. Viete fbr their critical suggestions for improving the manuscript. Thanks to editors fur their polishing English. We extend our gratitude towards chief geologist Cai Dongsheng for providing the seismic sections of offshore oilfields. This research was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos, 40772121, 40172066, and 40314141) and State Key Projects (Nos. 2008ZX05029-001 and 201 IZX05029-001 ).
The Bohai Sea is a Late Mesozoic-Cenozoic feature of the basin-mountain system located in eastern North China Craton (NCC). The Late Mesozoic thinning of the lithosphere signals the early destruction of the NCC. The...
supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 40772121, 40314141 and 40172066);China National Project No. 973 (2009CB219302);IGCP Project #592 "Continental construction in Central Asia" supported by UNESCO-IUGS
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supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant(Nos.40772121,40314141 and 40172066);China National Project 973(No.2009CB219302)
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supported by funds from the National Natural Science Foundation of China Grant(Nos.40772121,40314141 and 40172066);China National Projects 973(No.2009CB219302)
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supported by grants from theNational Natural Science Foundation of China(No.:40172066,40314141,and 40772121);the National 973Project(No.:2009CB219302)
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