En Echelon Faults and Basin Structure in Huizhou Sag, South China Sea: Implications for the Tectonics of the SE Asia

Boubacar Hamidou Leyla; Jianye Ren; Jing Zhang; Chao Lei

doi:10.1007/s12583-015-0588-x

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Boubacar Hamidou Leyla, Jianye Ren, Jing Zhang, Chao Lei. En Echelon Faults and Basin Structure in Huizhou Sag, South China Sea: Implications for the Tectonics of the SE Asia. Journal of Earth Science, 2015, 26(5): 690-699. doi: 10.1007/s12583-015-0588-x

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Boubacar Hamidou Leyla, Jianye Ren, Jing Zhang, Chao Lei. En Echelon Faults and Basin Structure in Huizhou Sag, South China Sea: Implications for the Tectonics of the SE Asia. Journal of Earth Science, 2015, 26(5): 690-699. doi: 10.1007/s12583-015-0588-x

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En Echelon Faults and Basin Structure in Huizhou Sag, South China Sea: Implications for the Tectonics of the SE Asia

doi: 10.1007/s12583-015-0588-x

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Key Laboratory of Tectonics and Petroleum Resources of Ministry of Education, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China
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Faculty of Earth Resources, China University of Geosciences, Wuhan, 430074, China

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Corresponding author: Boubacar Hamidou Leyla, leylaboubacar@yahoo.fr
Received Date: 01 Dec 2014
Accepted Date: 06 May 2015
Publish Date: 01 Oct 2015

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The Huizhou sag is situated on the continental shelf of the northern continental margin of the South China Sea. In this paper we present a grid of reflection seismic and well data to characterize the basin structure and prominent unconformities. We employ EBM and 2DMOVE softwares to explore the subsidence history and stratigraphic development history of the basin. We found a rapid subsidence period since 15.5 Ma. Moreover, we calculated the stretching factors of the upper crust and the whole crust in the Huizhou sag. The results show the values are 1.10–1.13 and 1.08–1.31, respectively, indicating faulting in Huizhou sag is relatively small. It is noteworthy that the faults map reveals en echelon distribution at the north and south margins of the basin. We suggest en echelon faults here are caused by the subduction of Proto-South China Sea toward NW Borneo block and cease of the South China Sea. Considering the pronounced unconformities, subsidence rates, fault activities and sediment thickness, the Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the basin can be divided into rifting (49–32 Ma), post-rifted (32–15.5 Ma) and rapid subsidence (15.5–0 Ma) stages. Our study will shed new light on the tectonics of SE Asia and petroleum exploration in the South China Sea.
- South China Sea,
- Pearl River Mouth Basin,
- basement subsidence,
- en echelon faults

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