Mesozoic rock suites along western Philippines: Exposed proto-South China Sea fragments?

• Main Authors: Yumul, Graciano P, Jr, Dimalanta, Carla B, Gabo-Ratio, Jillian Aira, Queaño, Karlo L, Armada, Leo T, Padrones, Jenielyn T, Faustino-Eslava, Decibel V, Payot, Betchaida D, Marquez, Edanjarlo J
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2020
• Subjects: Mesozoic; Proto-South China Sea; Ophiolites; Philippines; Environmental Sciences; Natural Resources and Conservation
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/es-faculty-pubs/65; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1064&context=es-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

An ancient oceanic crustal leading edge east of mainland Asia, the proto-South China Sea crust, must have existed during the Mesozoic based on tectonic reconstructions that accounted for the presence of subducted slabs in the lower mantle and the exposed oceanic lithospheric fragments strewn in the...