Figure F5. Examples of two groups of contrasting tectonic models for the opening phases of the South China Sea. A. Multiphase episodic rifting model in which the Southwest Sub-basin is the first to open from continental rifting (after Ru and Pigott, 1986). N.P. = Northwest Palawan, S.P. = South Palawan, M.B. = Macclesfield Bank, R.B. = Reed Bank. B. Southwestward continuous propagating model in which the Southwest Sub-basin is coeval with the central East Sub-basin (after Briais et al., 1993).
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