Basement structures underneath the northern South Yellow Sea basin (East China): Implications for the collision between the North China and South China blocks

The South Yellow Sea basin (SYSB), as the eastern part of the Yangtze Block, has undergone multiple tectonic events since the formation of its basement. The North China-South China collision affected intensely the structures of the basin. The relationship between the deep structures in the basement and collisional orogeny has long been a matter of debate. In this paper, 2D seismic, magmatic, gravity and drilling data were integrated to unravel...