During the Neoproterozoic to the Early Paleozoic, the South China was a marginal basin captured by the Yangtze active continental margin, filled with very thick flysch, sandstone, and shale sediments.

• 摘要华南新元古代到早古生代是扬子活动大陆边缘构造“捕获”的一个边缘海盆地，其间充填了巨厚的复理石、砂、页岩沉积。