| Citation: | Junjiang Zhu, Xiaoxiao Ding, Yuhan Jiao, Sanzhong Li, Gillian R. Foulger. First Observation of "Seesaw" Propagators in the West Philippine Basin. Journal of Earth Science, 2026, 37(5): 2493-2500. doi: 10.1007/s12583-026-0614-1
|
| Barretto, J., Wood, R., Milsom, J., 2020. Benham Rise Unveiled: Morphology and Structure of an Eocene Large Igneous Province in the West Philippine Basin. Marine Geology, 419: 106052. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2019.106052 |
| Carbotte, S. M., MacDonald, K. C., 1994. The Axial Topographic High at Intermediate and Fast Spreading Ridges. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 128(3/4): 85–97. https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821x(94)90137-6 |
| Chen, X., Zhu, J., Zhu, Q., et al., 2025. Fine Processing and Analysis of Multibeam Bathymetric Data Outlier from Surveying and Mapping in the South China Sea, Earth Science, 50(2): 535–550 (in Chinese with English Abstract) |
| Deschamps, A., Lallemand, S., 2002. The West Philippine Basin: an Eocene to Early Oligocene back Arc Basin Opened between Two Opposed Subduction Zones. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 107(B12): 2322. https://doi.org/10.1029/2001jb001706 |
| Deschamps, A., Okino, K., Fujioka, K., 2002. Late Amagmatic Extension along the Central and Eastern Segments of the West Philippine Basin Fossil Spreading Axis. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 203(1): 277–293. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0012-821x(02)00855-5 |
| Deschamps, A., Shinjo, R., Matsumoto, T., et al., 2008. Propagators and Ridge Jumps in a Back-Arc Basin, the West Philippine Basin. Terra Nova, 20(4): 327–332. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-3121.2008.00824.x |
| Doo, W. B., Hsu, S. K., Yeh, Y. C., et al., 2015. Age and Tectonic Evolution of the Northwest Corner of the West Philippine Basin. Marine Geophysical Research, 36(2): 113–125. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11001-014-9234-8 |
|
GEBCO Compilation Group, 2024. GEBCO 2024 Grid. |
| Grindlay, N. R., Fox, P. J., MacDonald, K. C., 1991. Second-Order Ridge Axis Discontinuities in the South Atlantic: Morphology, Structure, and Evolution. Marine Geophysical Researches, 13(1): 21–49. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02428194 |
| Harper, H., Luttrell, K., Sandwell, D. T., 2023. Ridge Propagation and the Stability of Small Mid-Ocean Ridge Offsets. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 128(8): e2023JB027443. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023jb027443 |
| Harper, H., Tozer, B., Sandwell, D. T., et al., 2021. Marine Vertical Gravity Gradients Reveal the Global Distribution and Tectonic Significance of "Seesaw" Ridge Propagation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126(2): e2020JB020017. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jb020017 |
| Hey, R. N., Johnson, P. D., Martinez, F., et al., 1995. Plate Boundary Reorganization at a Large-Offset, Rapidly Propagating Rift. Nature, 378(6553): 167–170. https://doi.org/10.1038/378167a0 |
| Hey, R. N., Kleinrock, M. C., Miller, S. P., et al., 1986. Sea Beam/Deep-Tow Investigation of an Active Oceanic Propagating Rift System, Galapagos 95.5°W. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 91(B3): 3369–3393. https://doi.org/10.1029/jb091ib03p03369 |
| Hey, R. N., Menard, H. W., Atwater, T. M., et al., 1988. Changes in Direction of Seafloor Spreading Revisited. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 93(B4): 2803–2811. https://doi.org/10.1029/jb093ib04p02803 |
| Hey, R. N., Wilson, D. S., 1982. Propagating Rift Explanation for the Tectonic Evolution of the Northeast Pacific—The Pseudomovie. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 58(2): 167–184. https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821x(82)90192-3 |
| Hey, R., 1977. A New Class of "Pseudofaults" and Their Bearing on Plate Tectonics: A Propagating Rift Model. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 37(2): 321–325. https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821x(77)90177-7 |
|
Hey, R., 2001. Propagating Rifts and Microplates. Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences. Elsevier, Amsterdam. |
| Hey, R., Duennebier, F. K., Morgan, W. J., 1980. Propagating Rifts on Midocean Ridges. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 85(B7): 3647–3658. https://doi.org/10.1029/jb085ib07p03647 |
| Hilde, T. W. C., Lee, C. -S., 1984. Origin and Evolution of the West Philippine Basin: A New Interpretation. Tectonophysics, 102(1/2/3/4): 85–104. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(84)900 09-x doi: 10.1016/0040-1951(84)90009-x |
| Ishihara, T., Uchida, T., 2021. Magnetic Anomaly Map of East and Southeast Asia. Revised Version (3rd Edition), Digital Geoscience Map P-3 Revised, Geological Survey of Japan |
| Ishizuka, O., Tani, K., Taylor, R. N., et al., 2024. Origin of Philippine Sea Basins during Subduction Initiation in the Western Pacific. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 25(5): e2023GC011291. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023gc011291 |
| Johnson, H. P., Karsten, J. L., Delaney, J. R., et al., 1983. A Detailed Study of the Cobb Offset of the Juan de Fuca Ridge: Evolution of a Propagating Rift. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 88(B3): 2297–2315. https://doi.org/10.1029/jb088ib03p02297 |
| Karig, D., Ingle, J., Bouma, Jr., et al., 1973. Origin of the West Philippine Sea, Nature, 246: 458–461 doi: 10.1038/246458a0 |
| Kleinrock, M. C., Tucholke, B. E., Lin, J., et al., 1997. Fast Rift Propagation at a Slow-Spreading Ridge. Geology, 25(7): 639-642. https://doi.org/10.1130/0091-7613(1997)0250639:frpaas>2. 3.co;2 doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1997)0250639:frpaas>2.3.co;2 |
| Lonsdale, P., 1989. The Rise Flank Trails Left by Migrating Offsets of the Equatorial East Pacific Rise Axis. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 94(B1): 713–743. https://doi.org/10.1029/jb094ib01p00713 |
| Luo, W. D., Yan, P., He, G. W., et al., 2024. Unstable Geomorphologic Fabric Impacted by Excess Magmas and Propagating Rifts in the Central West Philippine Basin. Geomorphology, 452: 109118. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorp h.2024.109118 doi: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109118 |
| MacDonald, K. C., Fox, P. J., 1983. Overlapping Spreading Centres: New Accretion Geometry on the East Pacific Rise. Nature, 302(5903): 55–58. https://doi.org/10.1038/302055a0 |
| MacDonald, K. C., Fox, P. J., Perram, L. J., et al., 1988. A New View of the Mid-Ocean Ridge from the Behaviour of Ridge-Axis Discontinuities. Nature, 335(6187): 217–225. https://doi.org/10.1 038/335217a0 doi: 10.1038/335217a0 |
| MacDonald, K. C., Scheirer, D. S., Carbotte, S. M., 1991. Mid-Ocean Ridges: Discontinuities, Segments and Giant Cracks. Science, 253(5023): 986–994. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.253.502 3.986 doi: 10.1126/science.253.5023.986 |
| MacLeod, S. J., Williams, S. E., Matthews, K. J., et al., 2017. A Global Review and Digital Database of Large-Scale Extinct Spreading Centers. Geosphere, 13(3): 911–949. https://doi.org/10.1130/ges01379.1 |
| MacPherson, C. G., Hall, R., 2001. Tectonic Setting of Eocene Boninite Magmatism in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Forearc. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 186(2): 215–230. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0012-821x(01)00248-5 |
| Matthews, K. J., Müller, R. D., Wessel, P., et al., 2011. The Tectonic Fabric of the Ocean Basins. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116(B12): B12109. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011jb008413 |
| Morgan, J. P., Sandwell, D. T., 1994. Systematics of Ridge Propagation South of 30°S. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 121(1/2): 245–258. https://doi.org/10.1016/0012-821x(94)90043-4 |
| Mrozowski, C. L., Lewis, S. D., Hayes, D. E., 1982. Complexities in the Tectonic Evolution of the West Philippine Basin. Tectonophysics, 82(1/2): 0040195182900853. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(82)90085-3 |
| Okino, K., Fujioka, K., 2003. The Central Basin Spreading Center in the Philippine Sea: Structure of an Extinct Spreading Center and Implications for Marginal Basin Formation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 108(B1): 2001JB001095. https://doi.org/10.1029/2001jb001095 |
| Okino, K., Ohara, Y., Kasuga, S., et al., 1999. The Philippine Sea: New Survey Results Reveal the Structure and the History of the Marginal Basins. Geophysical Research Letters, 26(15): 2287–2290. https://doi.org/10.1029/1999gl900537 |
| Sandwell, D. T., Harper, H., Tozer, B., et al., 2021. Gravity Field Recovery from Geodetic Altimeter Missions. Advances in Space Research, 68(2): 1059–1072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.201 9.09.011 doi: 10.1016/j.asr.2019.09.011 |
| Sasaki, T., Yamazaki, T., Ishizuka, O., 2014. A Revised Spreading Model of the West Philippine Basin. Earth, Planets and Space, 66(1): 83. https://doi.org/10.1186/1880-5981-66-83 |
| Schouten, H., Klitgord, K. D., Whitehead, J. A., 1985. Segmentation of Mid-Ocean Ridges. Nature, 317(6034): 225–229. https://doi.org/10.1038/317225a0 |
| Shang, L. N., Li, H. L., Lu, K., et al., 2024. Refining the Final Phase of the Seafloor Spreading Process in the West Philippine Basin through the Recalibration of Magnetic Isochrones. Tectonophysics, 875: 230264. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.202 4.230264 doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2024.230264 |
|
Shih, T. C., 1980. Marine Magnetic Anomalies from the Western Philippine Sea: Implications for the Evolution of Marginal Basins. The Tectonic and Geologic Evolution of Southeast Asian Seas and Islands. American Geophysical Union, Washington, D. C. |
| Shoberg, T., Stein, S., Karsten, J., 1991. Constraints on Rift Propagation History at the Cobb Offset, Juan de Fuca Ridge, from Numerical Modeling of Tectonic Fabric. Tectonophysics, 197(2/3/4): 295–308. https://doi.org/10.1016/0040-1951(91)900 47-v doi: 10.1016/0040-1951(91)90047-v |
| Taylor, B., Goodliffe, A. M., 2004. The West Philippine Basin and the Initiation of Subduction, Revisited. Geophysical Research Letters, 31(12): 2004GL020136. https://doi.org/10.1029/2004gl 020136 doi: 10.1029/2004gl020136 |
| Uyeda, S., Ben-Avraham, Z., 1972. Origin and Development of the Philippine Sea. Nature Physical Science, 240(104): 176–178. https://doi.org/10.1038/physci240176a0 |
| Wessel, P., Luis, J. F., Uieda, L., et al., 2019. The Generic Mapping Tools Version 6. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 20(11): 5556–5564. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019gc008515 |
| Yeh, Y. C., Lin, J. Y., Hsu, S. K., et al., 2021. Separation of Gagua Rise from Great Benham Rise in the West Philippine Basin during the Middle Eocene. Scientific Reports, 11: 21775. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-01330-2 |
| Zheng, T. T., Tucholke, B. E., Lin, J., 2019. Long-Term Evolution of Nontransform Discontinuities at the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 24°N–27°30′N. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124(10): 10023–10055. https://doi.org/10.1029/2019jb017648 |
| Zhu, J. J., Ding, X. X., Liu, Z. Y., et al., 2026. Geomorphological Characteristics and Formation Mechanisms of Large Pockmarks in the Baiyun Submarine Channel System, Northern South China Sea. Journal of Earth Science, 37(3): 1394–1424. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-025-0346-7 |
Figures(4)
Copyright © 2013-2020 Journal of Earth Science 鄂ICP备15021562号-2
Tel: +86-27-67885075 Fax: +86-27-67885075 E-mail: xbb@cug.edu.cn
Address: Editorial Office of Journal, China University of Geosciences, Yujiashan, Wuhan, Hubei 430074, P. R. China
Supported by:
Beijing Renhe Information Technology Co. Ltd
E-mail:
info@rhhz.net
DownLoad:
