Convergent mantle flow and plate kinematics contribute to South China Sea rifting

Sanzhong Li, Yanhui Suo, Lijun Liu, Xianzhi Cao, Sabin Zahirovic, Dingshan Deng, Hao Dong, Pengcheng Wang, Cuimei Zhang, Liming Dai

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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-73808-4
Published: 2026-06-02
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Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41467-026-73808-4,
  title = {Convergent mantle flow and plate kinematics contribute to South China Sea rifting},
  author = {Sanzhong Li and Yanhui Suo and Lijun Liu and Xianzhi Cao and Sabin Zahirovic and Dingshan Deng and Hao Dong and Pengcheng Wang and Cuimei Zhang and Liming Dai},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Nature Communications},
  doi = {10.1038/s41467-026-73808-4},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73808-4}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - Convergent mantle flow and plate kinematics contribute to South China Sea rifting
AU  - Sanzhong Li
AU  - Yanhui Suo
AU  - Lijun Liu
AU  - Xianzhi Cao
AU  - Sabin Zahirovic
AU  - Dingshan Deng
AU  - Hao Dong
AU  - Pengcheng Wang
AU  - Cuimei Zhang
AU  - Liming Dai
PY  - 2026
JO  - Nature Communications
DO  - 10.1038/s41467-026-73808-4
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73808-4
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Li, S., Suo, Y., Liu, L., Cao, X., Zahirovic, S., Deng, D., Dong, H., Wang, P., Zhang, C., & Dai, L. (2026). Convergent mantle flow and plate kinematics contribute to South China Sea rifting. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-73808-4

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