Non-mantle-plume process caused the initial spreading of the South China Sea

Metamorphic core complexes (MCCs) of the northern South China Sea

Asymmetric three-dimensional topography over mantle plumes

Hafnium isotopic constraints on the origin of late Miocene to Pliocene seamount basalts from the South China Sea and its tectonic implications - ScienceDirect

Rift-hotspot control

Links of high velocity anomalies in the mantle to the Proto-South China Sea slabs: Tomography-based review and perspective - ScienceDirect

A critical review of existing models for the origin of the South China Sea and a new proposed model - ScienceDirect

Frontiers Plume-Induced Subduction Initiation: Revisiting Models and Observations

Mantle Heterogeneity and Melting Processes in the South China Sea: Thermal and Melting Models Constrained by Oceanic Crustal Thickness and Basalt Geochemistry - Zhang - 2021 - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid

The breakup of Rodinia: did it start with a mantle plume beneath South China? - ScienceDirect

Oceanic plateau of the Hawaiian mantle plume head subducted to the uppermost lower mantle

Links of high velocity anomalies in the mantle to the Proto-South China Sea slabs: Tomography-based review and perspective - ScienceDirect

Mantle heterogeneity caused by trapped water in the Southwest Basin of the South China Sea

Seismogenic crustal structure affected by the Hainan mantle plume - ScienceDirect

Interactions of the Greater Ontong Java mantle plume component with the Osbourn Trough

Where Are the Proto‐South China Sea Slabs? SE Asian Plate Tectonics and Mantle Flow History From Global Mantle Convection Modeling - Lin - 2020 - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth - Wiley Online Library