The South China Sea: a backarc basin of the Neo-Tethys Ocean


Weidong Sun1,2, Chiou-ting Lin3, Li-peng Zhang3, Ren-qiang Liao3 and Cong-ying Li3, (1)Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China, (2)Qingdao National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology, Qingdao, China, (3)Center of Deep Sea Research, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, China