NEOTECTONICS IN THE NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CHINA SEA AND ITS DYNAMIC MECHANISM

SUN Jinlong; XU Huilong; LI Yamin

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1140.2009.03061

2009 Vol. 29, No. 3

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SUN Jinlong, XU Huilong, LI Yamin. NEOTECTONICS IN THE NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CHINA SEA AND ITS DYNAMIC MECHANISM[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2009, 29(3): 61-68. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1140.2009.03061

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SUN Jinlong, XU Huilong, LI Yamin. NEOTECTONICS IN THE NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CHINA SEA AND ITS DYNAMIC MECHANISM[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2009, 29(3): 61-68. doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1140.2009.03061

NEOTECTONICS IN THE NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CHINA SEA AND ITS DYNAMIC MECHANISM

Key Laboratory of Marginal Sea Geology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China

Received Date: 31 December 2008

Revised Date: 11 April 2009

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Abstract

The northeastern South China Sea area is tectonically active because of its location in the convergent zone of Eurasian plate and Philippine Sea plate. According to seismicity, focal mechanism solution (FMS) and GPS data, we analyzed the characteristics of the neotectonics in this area, and put forward the dynamic mechanism of the neotectonics.On the basis of these data, it's suggested that the NW-trending subduction of Philippine Sea plate had stronger impact on the research area relative to the India-Tibet collision,and led to strong seismicity and NW-trending stress field. However, lateral stress transmission resulting from the collision also affected this area, and caused the South China Block to have moved southeastward. Meanwhile, the South China Block rotated counter-clockwise under the combined action of the two. The SE-trending lateral stress transmission counteracted the NW-trending compression produced by subduction and resulted in the westward-weakening seismicity and the clockwise-rotating axis P of FMS. Under this tectonical setting, the Binhai Fault Zone controls the earthquake and coastal tectonic uplift-subsidence of this area.
- neotectonics /
- focal mechanism solution /
- seismicity activity /
- GPS /
- Binhai Fault Zone /
- northeastern South China Sea

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