Stratigraphic architecture and evolution of the continental slope system in offshore Hainan, northern South China Sea

Xie, Xinong; Müller, R. Dietmar; Ren, Jianye; Jiang, Tao; Cheng, Zhongqi

doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2007.08.005

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“…This is consistent with the observation that slope flexure zones normally develop in the accommodation zone areas in continental rift-subsidence basins (e.g. Xie et al, 2008;Wang et al, 2010;Bao et al, 2011;Hou et al, 2012). Therefore, we suggest that the occurrence of the accommodation zone complicated the stratal architecture in the southern slope of the Fushan Depression, and resulted in architectural variability of stratigraphic sequences.…”

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Relative role of accommodation zones in controlling stratal architectural variability and facies distribution: Insights from the Fushan Depression, South China Sea

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Marine and Petroleum Geology

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Relative role of accommodation zones in controlling stratal architectural variability and facies distribution: Insights from the Fushan Depression, South China Sea

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“…Valuable information about sedimentary direction during deposition is gained by reconstructing transport pathways, which provide useful knowledge when trying to locate hydrocarbon exploration targets (Olivarius et al, 2014). Most published works on the provenance of the Y-SH Basin have focused on the heavy minerals, sequence stratigraphic analysis, geochemistry and seismic profiles Wu, 1997;Huang et al, 2003;Yan et al, 2007;Xie et al, 2008;Xie, 2009;Xie and Fan, 2010;Lei et al, 2011;Wei et al, 2012). analyzed the sedimentary facies of the Y-SH Basin and suggested that Offshore Indochina and Hainan were important source areas since Marine Geology 355 (2014) 202-217 Late Miocene.…”

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Provenance of Upper Miocene to Quaternary sediments in the Yinggehai-Song Hong Basin, South China Sea: Evidence from detrital zircon U–Pb ages

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“…Corresponding to the tectonic evolution, the sedimentary environment in QDNB would be changed, from alluvial and lacustrine facies to littoralneritic facies to bathyal-abyssal facies (Xie et al, 2006). In the accelerated subsidence stage, the sufficient sediment supplies from northwest and north might have caused the formation of the slope system with distinct features in this stage (Wang et al, 2008;Xie et al, 2008;He et al, 2010).…”

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“…According to the differences in the external morphology and sedimentary structure features of the slope system in the QDNB, the continental slope can be classified into four types from west to east, i.e., prograding, slumping, channelizing, and wide-gentle slopes ( Figure 5) (Xie et al, 2008;He et al, 2010). In different continental slope, the development of MTC would show different characteristics, most developed in the slumping slope, followed by the channelizing and the prograding slope, and the last is the widegentle slope (He et al, 2011).…”

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Controlling factors on the submarine canyon system: A case study of the Central Canyon System in the Qiongdongnan Basin, northern South China Sea

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Based on an integrated analysis of high-resolution 2D/3D seismic data and drilling results, this study analyzes the tectonicsedimentary evolution of the Qiongdongnan Basin (QDNB) since the late Miocene, and discusses the controlling factors on the formation and development of the Central Canyon System (CCS). The sediment failures caused by the relative sea level falling might have discharged deposits from the slope to the canyon. The two suits of the infillings, i.e., turbidites and mass transport complex (MTC), were derived from the northwestern source and northern source, respectively. The sediment supplies, which differ significantly among different areas, might have led to the variations observed in the internal architectures. Tectonic transformation around 11.6 Ma had provided the tectonic setting for the CCS and formed an axial sub-basin in the central part of the Changchang Depression, which could be called the rudiment of the CCS. The tectonic activity of the Red River Fault (RRF) at about 5.7 Ma might have strengthened the hydrodynamics of the deposits at the junction of the Yinggehai Basin (YGHB) and the QDNB to trigger a high-energy turbidity current. The MTC from the northern continental slope system might have been constrained by the Southern Uplift, functioning as a barrier for the infillings of the CCS. Thanks to a sufficient sediment supply during the Holocene period and the paleo-seafloor morphology, the relief of modern central canyon with the starving landform in the eastern Changchang Depression might have been accentuated by deposition of sediments and vertical growth along the canyon flanks, where collapse deposits were widely developed. Corresponding to the segmentation of the CCS, the forming mechanisms of the canyon between the three segments would be different. The turbidite channel in the head area had likely been triggered by the abundant sediment supply from the northwestern source together with the fault activity at about 5.7 Ma of the RRF. The formation and evolution of the canyon in the western segment were caused by combined effects of the turbidite channel from the northwestern source, the MTC from the northern continental slope, and the paleo-seafloor geomorphology. In the eastern segment, the canyon was constrained by the tectonic transformation occurring at approximately 11.6 Ma and the insufficient sediment supply from the wide-gentle slope. submarine canyon system, relative sea level change, sediment supply, tectonic activity, Qiongdongnan Basin Citation: Su M, Zhang C, Xie X N, et al. 2014. Controlling factors on the submarine canyon system: A case study of the Central Canyon System in the

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Stratigraphic architecture and evolution of the continental slope system in offshore Hainan, northern South China Sea

Cited by 133 publications

References 19 publications

Relative role of accommodation zones in controlling stratal architectural variability and facies distribution: Insights from the Fushan Depression, South China Sea

Relative role of accommodation zones in controlling stratal architectural variability and facies distribution: Insights from the Fushan Depression, South China Sea

Provenance of Upper Miocene to Quaternary sediments in the Yinggehai-Song Hong Basin, South China Sea: Evidence from detrital zircon U–Pb ages

Controlling factors on the submarine canyon system: A case study of the Central Canyon System in the Qiongdongnan Basin, northern South China Sea

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