Nirrengarten, MichaelMohn, GeoffroySchito, AndreaCorrado, SvevaGutiérrez-García, LauraBowden, StephenDespinois, Frank2020-01-232020-01-232020-02-01Nirrengarten, M, Mohn, G, Schito, A, Corrado, S, Gutiérrez-García, L, Bowden, S & Despinois, F 2020, 'The thermal imprint of continental breakup during the formation of the South China Sea', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 531, 115972. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2019.1159720012-821Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/2164/13573This research used data provided by the International Ocean Discovery Program (IODP).We thanks the participants to IODP Expedition 367-368 as well as the captains and crew of the Joides Resolution. Seismic sections originate from the IODP Expedition 367/368/368X proceeding volume. Platte River Associates, Inc is thanked for providing an academic licence of BasinMod 2D. We acknowledge IODP France and ECORD for the support. Funding for this research was provided by Total SA R&D (J.N. Ferry). SAB gratefully acknowledges NERC award NE/R002576/1; Measuring Rates of Weathered Petroleum Accumulation, South China Sea.5072304engcontinental breakupthermal evolutionSE China distal marginIODPorganic petrographyRaman spectroscopybiomarker analysisSE China MarginIODP 367-368RAMAN-SPECTRAEASTERN GULFCRUSTAL EXTENSIONCARBONACEOUS MATERIALORGANIC-MATTERMARGINEVOLUTIONSEDIMENTARY BASINSNEWFOUNDLANDHEAT-FLOWQE GeologyGeochemistry and PetrologyGeophysicsEarth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Space and Planetary ScienceNatural Environment Research Council (NERC)NE/R002576/1QEJournal article10.1016/j.epsl.2019.115972http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85076247107&partnerID=8YFLogxK531