Non-mantle-plume process caused the initial spreading of the South China Sea

Mantle Heterogeneity and Melting Processes in the South China Sea: Thermal and Melting Models Constrained by Oceanic Crustal Thickness and Basalt Geochemistry - Zhang - 2021 - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid

a) Bathymetric and topographic map of the South China Sea region. The

Where Are the Proto‐South China Sea Slabs? SE Asian Plate Tectonics and Mantle Flow History From Global Mantle Convection Modeling - Lin - 2020 - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth - Wiley Online Library

Three main rift basins on the northern margin of the South China Sea.

The deep mantle upwelling beneath the northwestern South China Sea: Insights from the time-varying residual subsidence in the Qiongdongnan Basin - ScienceDirect

Opening of the South China Sea and Upwelling of the Hainan Plume - Yu - 2018 - Geophysical Research Letters - Wiley Online Library

Formation and evolution of the South China Sea since the Late Mesozoic: A review - ScienceDirect

Mantle heterogeneity caused by trapped water in the Southwest Basin of the South China Sea

Index map showing the study area for the South China Sea region

A critical review of existing models for the origin of the South China Sea and a new proposed model - ScienceDirect

Azimuthal Anisotropy Tomography of the Southeast Asia Subduction System - Hua - 2022 - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth - Wiley Online Library

Formation and evolution of the South China Sea since the Late Mesozoic: A review - ScienceDirect

A conceptual mantle-scale model of the SCS showing the role of magmatic