Controls of Plate Motions on Subsidence and Filled Characteristics of the Cenozoic in Chinese Offshore Basins
According to the characteristics of mantle convection and crustal stretching, the subsidence types of Chinese offshore basins can be divided into passive, initiative and combination thermal subsidences. The different subsidence types of sedimentation basins have different basin structures. Rift is the main type in the passive thermal subsidence. Depression is the main type in the initiative thermal subsidence. Vertical or lateral overlapping is the main type in the combination thermal subsidence. The passive thermal subsidence is the main type in northern Chinese offshore basins in internal plates.