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Overview

Zhen Sun is a researcher affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China. Their academic work centers primarily on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on subfields including Geophysics, Environmental Chemistry, Geology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, and Mechanics of Materials.

The research topics covered in their publications reflect a strong emphasis on geological and geophysical studies, including methane hydrates and related phenomena, hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, geological and geochemical analysis, as well as planetary science and exploration.

Their recent scholarly articles include:

  • Towards a process-based understanding of rifted continental margins, 2023, Nature Reviews Earth & Environment
  • Syn-rift magmatic characteristics and evolution at a sediment-rich margin: Insights from high-resolution seismic data from the South China Sea, 2020, Gondwana Research
  • Ocean-continent transition architecture and breakup mechanism at the mid-northern South China Sea, 2021, Earth-Science Reviews
  • Continental Interior and Edge Breakup at Convergent Margins Induced by Subduction Direction Reversal: A Numerical Modeling Study Applied to the South China Sea Margin, 2020, Tectonics
  • Strontium isotope stratigraphy and LA-ICP-MS U-Pb carbonate age constraints on the Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the southern South China Sea, 2022, Geological Society of America Bulletin

Zhen Sun frequently collaborates with a set of co-authors who have contributed to multiple publications alongside them. These include:

  • N. Qiu (80 collaborations)
  • Joann M. Stock (76 collaborations)
  • A. Briais (76 collaborations)
  • M.F.R. Nirrengarten (76 collaborations)
  • Laurel B. Childress (75 collaborations)

The venues where Zhen Sun has published repeatedly include a variety of journals and platforms. Among the most frequent are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) with 40 publications
  • OPAL (Open@LaTrobe) (La Trobe University) with 33 publications
  • Journal of Oceanology and Limnology with 5 publications
  • Gondwana Research with 4 publications
  • Tectonophysics with 4 publications

Best Publications

  • Ages and magnetic structures of the South China Sea constrained by deep tow magnetic surveys and IODP Expedition 349

    Chun Feng Li;Xing Xu;Jian Lin;Zhen Sun

  • The sedimentary and tectonic evolution of the Yinggehai-Song Hong basin and the southern Hainan margin, South China Sea : Implications for Tibetan uplift and monsoon intensification

    Peter Dominic Clift;Peter Dominic Clift;Zhen Sun

  • Seismic stratigraphy of the central South China Sea basin and implications for neotectonics

    Chun Feng Li;Jiabiao Li;Weiwei Ding;Dieter Franke

  • 3D analogue modeling of the South China Sea: A discussion on breakup pattern

    Zhen Sun;Zhihong Zhong;Myra Keep;Di Zhou

  • Mesozoic paleogeography and tectonic evolution of South China Sea and adjacent areas in the context of Tethyan and Paleo-Pacific interconnections

    Di Zhou;Zhen Sun;Han-zong Chen;He-hua Xu

  • Experimental evidence for the dynamics of the formation of the Yinggehai basin, NW South China Sea

    Zhen Sun;Di Zhou;Zhihong Zhong;Zuoxun Zeng

  • Structures within the oceanic crust of the central South China Sea basin and their implications for oceanic accretionary processes

    Weiwei Ding;Zhen Sun;Kelsie Dadd;Yinxia Fang

  • Deep crustal structure of Baiyun Sag, northern South China Sea revealed from deep seismic reflection profile

    Chunju Huang;Di Zhou;Zhen Sun;Changmin Chen

  • The role of magmatism in the thinning and breakup of the South China Sea continental margin

    Zhen Sun;Jian Lin;Jian Lin;Ning Qiu;Zhimin Jian

  • The high resolution sedimentary filling in Qiongdongnan Basin, Northern South China Sea

    Zhongxian Zhao;Zhen Sun;Zhenfeng Wang;Zhipeng Sun

  • Mesozoic subduction-accretion zone in northeastern South China Sea inferred from geophysical interpretations

    Di Zhou;Wanyin Wang;Jialin Wang;Xiong Pang

  • Lateral evolution of the rift-to-drift transition in the South China Sea: Evidence from multi-channel seismic data and IODP Expeditions 367&368 drilling results

    Weiwei Ding;Zhen Sun;Geoffroy Mohn;Michael Nirrengarten

  • Possible Spatial Distribution of the Mesozoic Volcanic Arc in the Present-Day South China Sea Continental Margin and Its Tectonic Implications

    Fucheng Li;Zhen Sun;Hongfeng Yang

  • A preliminary assessment on CO2 storage capacity in the Pearl River Mouth Basin offshore Guangdong, China

    Di Zhou;Zhongxian Zhao;Jie Liao;Zhen Sun

  • Cenozoic tectonic subsidence in the Qiongdongnan Basin, northern South China Sea

    Zhongxian Zhao;Zhen Sun;Longtao Sun;Zhenfeng Wang

  • The South China Sea is not a mini-Atlantic: plate-edge rifting vs intra-plate rifting.

    Pinxian Wang;Chi-Yue Huang;Chi-Yue Huang;Jian Lin;Jian Lin;Zhimin Jian

  • The mechanism of post-rift fault activities in Baiyun sag, Pearl River Mouth basin

    Zhen Sun;Ziying Xu;Longtao Sun;Xiong Pang

  • Controls on modern erosion and the development of the Pearl River drainage in the late Paleogene

    Chang Liu;Peter D. Clift;Peter D. Clift;Andrew Carter;Philipp Böning

  • Filling history and post-breakup acceleration of sedimentation in Baiyun Sag, deepwater northern South China Sea

    Di Zhou;Zhen Sun;Jie Liao;Zhongxian Zhao

  • Towards a process-based understanding of rifted continental margins

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  • Research on the dynamics of the South China Sea opening: Evidence from analogue modeling

    Zhen Sun;Di Zhou;Zhihong Zhong;Bin Xia

Frequent Co-Authors

Jian Lin
Jian Lin Chinese Academy of Sciences
Joann M. Stock
Joann M. Stock California Institute of Technology
Zhifei Liu
Zhifei Liu Tongji University
Xiao-Long Huang
Xiao-Long Huang Chinese Academy of Sciences
Peter D. Clift
Peter D. Clift University College London
Hongfeng Yang
Hongfeng Yang Chinese University of Hong Kong
Gianreto Manatschal
Gianreto Manatschal University of Strasbourg
Xixi Zhao
Xixi Zhao Tongji University
Trevor Williams
Trevor Williams Texas A&M University
Chuanlun L. Zhang
Chuanlun L. Zhang Southern University of Science and Technology

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