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Figure 3. Tectonic setting of the South China Sea. A. Major tectonic elements of the northern and
central parts of the South China Sea. Thick dotted line outlines the Central Basin with selected
magnetic anomaly lineaments. Thin dotted and solid lines are isobaths of 200 m and 2000 m
(Hayes et al., 1995). Thick dashed box corresponds to Figure 3B. B. Geological framework of the
northern margin of the South China Sea (Ru et al., 1994). YGHB = Yinggehai Basin; QDNB =
Qiongdongnan Basin; BBWB = Baibiwan Basin; PRMB = Pearl River Mouth Basin; SWTB =
Southwest Taiwan Basin.
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