Compression-extension transition of continental crust in a subduction zone: A parametric numerical modeling study with implications on Mesozoic-Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Cathaysia Block

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 2; p. e0171536
• Main Authors: Zuo, Xuran, Chan, Lung Sang, Gao, Jian-Feng
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 09.02.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Activation; Basins; Biology and Life Sciences; Cenozoic; Cenozoic Era; Compression; Compression zone; Computer Simulation; Continental crust; Convergence; Crust (Geology); Crustal stress; Earth science; Earth Sciences; Earthquakes; Environmental aspects; Geochemistry; Geological Phenomena; Geology; Lithosphere; Magma; Mathematical models; Mesozoic; Physical Sciences; Plate tectonics; Plates (tectonics); Process parameters; Subduction (geology); Thermodynamics; Transition economy; Upwelling; South China Sea; Hong Kong China; Eurasia; China; Gondwana

The Cathaysia Block is located in southeastern part of South China, which situates in the west Pacific subduction zone. It is thought to have undergone a compression-extension transition of the continental crust during Mesozoic-Cenozoic during the subduction of Pacific Plate beneath Eurasia-Pacific...