An Andean-type retro-arc foreland system beneath northwest South China revealed by SINOPROBE profiling

• Published in: Earth and planetary science letters Vol. 490; pp. 170 - 179
• Main Authors: Li, Jianhua, Dong, Shuwen, Cawood, Peter A., Zhao, Guochun, Johnston, Stephen T., Zhang, Yueqiao, Xin, Yujia
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 15.05.2018
• Subjects: decollement; Mesozoic; retro-arc foreland; seismic reflection; SINOPROBE; South China; decollement; SINOPROBE; Mesozoic; retro-arc foreland; South China; seismic reflection

In the Mesozoic, South China was situated along the convergent margin between the Asian and Pacific plates, providing an excellent laboratory to understand the interactions between deformation, sedimentation and magmatism in a retroarc environment. The crustal architecture of northwest South China i...