南海形成演化探究

通过分析前人对南海的研究,对南海扩张期次、扩张脊结构、动力来源等几个关键研究问题进行探讨。认为应将南海放入到欧亚板块、印度一澳大利亚板块和太平洋板块三大板块相互作用的统一构造应力场中进行研究。利用FLAC软件,首次对南海及邻区进行数值模拟分析,并进一步探讨了南海的形成演化机制,认为南海的打开和扩张是印度板块与欧亚板块的碰撞、地幔柱上涌以及太平洋板块向欧亚板块的俯冲共同作用的结果。     

关于底侵作用和拆沉作用在南海中的指示意义

南海位于印度板块、欧亚板块和太平洋板块之间,是世界上最大的边缘海。许多学者对其成因模式和动力学机制进行过多方面的探讨,但往往只注重地壳浅部和侧向碰撞的研究,而忽视了深部的壳幔相互作用。从地形地貌、岩石地球化学、地球物理学、岩相古地理学等地质事实出发,论述了南海存在着大规模的底侵作用和拆沉作用,并在前人研究的基础上,建立了简单的以底侵作用和拆沉作用为主的壳幔相互作用模型来模拟南海的形成演化过程,指出底侵作用和拆沉作用是南海形成演化过程中深部的主要推动力,对南海的形成演化有着非常重要的影响。     

南海北缘新生代盆地沉积与构造演化及地球动力学背景

南海北缘新生代沉积盆地是全面揭示南海北缘形成演化及与邻区大地构造单元相互作用的重要窗口。通过对盆地沉积-构造特征分析,南海北缘新生代裂陷过程显示出明显的多幕性和旋转性的特点。在从北向南逐渐迁移的趋势下,东、西段裂陷过程也具有一定的差异,西部裂陷活动及海侵时间明显早于东部,裂陷中心由西向东呈雁列式扩展。晚白垩世-早始新世裂陷活动应是东亚陆缘中生代构造-岩浆演化的延续,始新世中、晚期太平洋板块俯冲方向改变导致裂陷中心南移,印度欧亚板块碰撞效应是南海中央海盆扩张方向顺时针旋转的主要原因。     

南海海盆的形成演化探讨

根据“陆缘扩张”理论,利用古地磁数据,结合地质、地球物理资料,对南海海盆的成因机制和演化过程进行探讨。结果得出:南海的多期多轴扩张及其形成演化,是在欧亚板块、太平洋板块和印度板块的联合作用下,中、新生代南海周缘的微板块和岛弧的相互运动以及南海海盆构造应力场不断变化的情况下逐渐完成的。     

渤海湾盆地-东海陆架盆地-菲律宾海盆地古近纪沉降中心迁移及其动力学意义

分析了古近纪渤海湾盆地、东海陆架盆地和菲律宾海盆地的总体盆地结构和沉积特征,在此基础上对比分析了三大盆地古近纪沉降中心的迁移规律,提出了印度板块与欧亚板块碰撞的远程效应和太平洋板块后退式俯冲是导致三大盆地演化呈现规律性的原因,且前者是主导因素。印度板块与欧亚板块碰撞引起地幔流自西向东蠕动并上涌,使岩石圈拉伸、减薄、破裂,在中国东部盆地产生NE向断裂的右旋走滑,进一步影响并控制了渤海湾盆地和东海陆架盆地的构造演化。太平洋板块的后退式俯冲为亚洲东部的岩石圈向东伸展、蠕散提供了应变空间,太平洋板块晚始新世俯冲方向的改变对东海陆架盆地和菲律宾海盆地向东的构造跃迁及沉降中心迁移产生了重要影响。     

南海北部莺歌海盆地成因机制:与渭河盆地构造对比分析的启示

南海北部莺歌海盆地为新生代沉积盆地,地处欧亚板块、太平洋板块和印度-澳大利亚板块交汇处,构造位置独特,复杂的地质构造现象使其形成演化的动力学机制成为国内外研究的热点。同一类型盆地具有相似的构造、沉降、沉积演化历史与成因机制。莺歌海盆地与渭河盆地均位于多板块交汇处,存在长期相对快速沉积、沉降及构造演化迁移等典型走滑型盆地特征。在明确渭河盆地成因机制的基础上,对比两盆地构造、沉降及沉积演化历史,结合莺歌海盆地特殊的构造位置及南海扩张的构造背景,分析得出:莺歌海盆地形成演化和印度-澳大利亚板块与青藏板块碰撞、印支板块逃逸及自身旋转、华南板块向东挤出及太平洋板块俯冲关系密切,受多板块构造活动影响较大,新生代以来先后依次经历左旋走滑、伸展—热沉降—右旋走滑、伸展三大成盆演化期。另外,与渭河盆地相比,莺歌海盆地发育有高温、高压及泥底辟等特殊地质现象,主要受控于热沉降阶段,与渐新世以来(33~15Ma)南海扩张事件具有重要关系。     

中国海域含油气盆地的基本特征

从中新生代以来,中国大陆东部边缘属于构造变动的活跃区.第三纪,尤其是始新世—渐新世,太平洋板块的俯冲方向从北北西转为北西西,在中国的东部海域形成了琉球海沟、琉球岛弧、冲绳海槽的沟、弧、盆体系;在中国东部陆上,郯庐断裂带从中生代的左行平移转变为新生代的右行平移,使断裂带两侧北西—南东向的受力性质从挤压转为拉张;在中国大陆南部,印度板块和欧亚板块的碰撞,雅鲁藏布江的缝合线以及南海小洋盆的形成,使南海大陆边缘的裂谷进一步发展成为拗陷,以上这些构造活动,是形成中国海域含油气盆地的基本因素.至今,沿着盆地的外缘,这种构造活动仍然很活跃.     

南海形成演化综合模式的初步探讨

南海是西太平洋边缘海中最大海盆之一,这里构造运动频繁,多种构造相互叠加,其形成演化过程非常复杂.许多学者对南海的成因持有各种不同的看法,主要有弧后扩张模式、地幔上涌模式、印度-欧亚板块碰撞挤出模式、海底扩张模式和陆缘扩张模式.作者在前人研究的基础上,提出各种成因模式在南海的形成演化中起到不同的作用,但是可以相互兼容而统一于南海的形成演化中,把多种成因模式综合起来才能更合理地解释南海的形成演化过程.     

南海南部海域新生代万安运动的构造意义及其油气资源效应

南海南部海域在中中新世末发生了一次区域构造运动,被命名为万安构造运动。这次构造运动在新生代沉积中的表现是断裂、块断、挤压背斜和向斜。部分地区发育逆冲构造等。根据南海区域构造分析产生这次构造运动的起因可能与菲律宾海板块和欧亚板块于13MaBP在民都洛岛处发生碰撞．以及澳大利亚板块和欧亚板块在苏拉威西岛处发生碰撞(10MaBP)有关。这两次碰撞事件均对南海南部海域产生挤压,尤其是第一次碰撞挤压(向西方向)很强烈,是这次构造事件的主导因素。万安构造运动在南海南部海域沉积盆地中产生了许多挤压构造;而该海域沉积盆地中生烃的关键时刻是6MaBP,构造形成时间在生烃关键时间之前。因此,该海域形成了极其丰富的油气资源。     

北康盆地沉降作用与构造运动

在地质构造特征研究的基础上,采用地层回剥法和局部均衡模式,研究北康盆地的构造沉降作用,并探讨该盆地构造演化与区域构造运动的关系。北康盆地是一个拉张性盆地,经历了3次快速沉降作用。中始新世沉降作用占总构造沉降量的28％～34％,沉降速率为234～325m／Ma,拉伸系数最大达1.72,它是43Ma时印度板块和欧亚板块碰撞的结果。上始新世—早渐新世构造沉降作用速率较慢,幅度也较小,为西卫运动影响下的越东—万安走滑断裂发生走滑拉张活动所致。上新世—第四纪的沉降速率极快,幅度很大,可达整个构造沉降的40％以上,可能是太平洋板块与欧亚板块相互作用所引起的整个南海区域沉降在盆地中的反映。     

Evidence for water exchange between the South China Sea and the Pacific Ocean through the Luzon Strait

An analysis of historical oxygen data provides evidence on the water exchange between theSouth China Sea (SCS) and the Pacific Ocean (PO). In the vicinity of the Luzon Strait (LS) , the dissolved oxygen concentration of sea water is found to be lower on the Pacific side than on the SCS side at depths between 700 and 1500 m (intermediate layer) , while the situation is reversed above 700 m (upper layer) and below 1 500 m (deep layer). The evidence suggests that water exits the SCS in the intermediate layer but enters it from the Pacific in both the upper and the deep layers, supporting the earlier speculation that the Luzon Strait transport has a sandwiched structure in the vertical. Within the SCS basin, the oxygen distribution indicates widespread vertical movement, including the upwelling in the intermediate layer and the downwelling in the deep layer.     

Hydrographic characteristics and its variation of the South China Sea before and after monsoon burst in 1998

The differences of temperature, salinity distribution characteristics and structure of circulation in the upper layer of the South China Sea (SCS) are analyzed, based on the CTD and ADCP data from the two intensive surveyed cruises (IOP1: April 10 - May 5; IOP2: June 12 - July 6) and carried out before and after the Asian monsoon burst (May 25) during the South China Sea Monsoon Experiment (SCSMEX) in 1998. The results showed that field of temperature in the upper layer of the SCS distinctly changed before and after the monsoon burst, the average surface temperature increased by 0.75℃, with its influence down to the depth of 500 m. The interaction of the local circulation in some areas resulted in the complexity and variability of the temperature and salinity structure in the upper layer, and the alternating distribution of cold and warm water regions (blocks). The high salinity subsurface water obviously intruded into the SCS from the Northwest Pacific, but only limited to the area of southwest of Taiw     

南海夏季风爆发时期的大气环流变化特征

利用美国国家环境预报中心和气象研究中心的42年模式再分析资料,采用合成分析的方法,考察了南海夏季风爆发时期环流季节变化的特征.研究发现:尽管采用不同指标确定的南海夏季风爆发时间在有的年份差别很大,但各种不同指标对应的南海夏季风爆发时期大气环流的变化具有某些共同的特征.通过对各种指标确定夏季风爆发时间一致年份的大气环流特征分析表明,延伸到南海北岸附近地区的海上锋区对流加热和孟加拉湾北部陆地上的对流加热、沿东亚近海向西太平洋推进的冷空气是控制南海夏季风爆发的主要因素.对南海夏季风爆发早与爆发晚的年份的合成环流特征进一步表明:爆发早的年份,影响东亚附近海区的冷空气势力和南海南部的对流活动相对强,而爆发晚的年份,冷空气和南海南部的对流活动的影响要相对弱的多.日本本岛南部黑潮海区因冷空气激发的对流活动对南海夏季风的爆发也有重要的影响.     

太阳盆地中新生代断裂特征及成因机制

太阳盆地位于北黄海盆地的东部,是一个发育在中-朝克拉通基底之上的中、新生代沉积盆地,勘探程度非常低。最新二维地震资料揭示,太阳盆地的断裂体系可以分控盆断裂、控凹(坳)断裂、控带断裂、控圈断裂和分割性断裂。盆地发育以NE向和NW向为主的的正断层和逆断层,而少量断层呈近EW或SN向。对不同类型的断裂构造特征及样式分析表明,断裂的活动期次可分为4期:晚侏罗世—早白垩世伸展断层、晚白垩世逆冲断层、始新世伸展正断层和新近纪正断层。中、新生代以来,中国东部构造演化主要受其东部太平洋板块活动控制,晚侏罗纪开始,洋壳俯冲在东部的欧亚大陆之下,伴随着太平洋—菲律宾板块的俯冲,太阳盆地发生NNE—SSW向的拉张;晚白垩世时期,由于太平洋板块俯冲方向的改变,区域性拉张变为区域性NNW—SSE向挤压,太阳盆地的一系列NW向逆断层形成;在始新世—渐新世,太平洋板块向东亚大陆作斜向减速俯冲,导致太阳盆地遭受NWW—SEE向拉张作用,再次断陷;渐新世末期,受喜山运动第Ⅱ幕的影响,太阳盆地发生再次的构造反转,形成一系列的小规模断层。     

Recent progress in studies of the South China Sea circulation

The South China Sea (SCS) is a semi-enclosed marginal sea with deep a basin. The SCS is located at low latitudes, where the ocean circulations are driven principally by the Asia-Australia monsoon. Ocean circulation in the SCS is very complex and plays an important role in both the marine environment and climate variability. Due to the monsoon-mountain interactions the seasonal spatial pattern of the sea surface wind stress curl is very specific. These distinct patterns induce different basin-scale circulation and gyre in summer and winter, respectively. The intensified western boundary currents associated with the cyclonic and anticyclonic gyres in the SCS play important roles in the sea surface temperature variability of the basin. The mesoscale eddies in the SCS are rather active and their formation mechanisms have been described in recent studies. The water exchange through the Luzon Strait and other straits could give rise to the relation between the Pacific and the SCS. This paper reviews the research results mentioned above.     

A Lagrangian study of the near-surface intrusion of Pacific water into the South China Sea

Satellite-tracked Lagrangian drifters are used to investigate the transport pathways of near-surface water around the Luzon Strait. Particular attention is paid to the intrusion of Pacific water into the South China Sea(SCS).Results from drifter observations suggest that except for the Kuroshio water, other Pacific water that carried by zonal jets, Ekman currents or eddies, can also intrude into the SCS. Motivated by this origin problem of the intrusion water, numerous simulated trajectories are constructed by altimeter-based velocities. Quantitative estimates from simulated trajectories suggest that the contribution of other Pacific water to the total intrusion flux in the Luzon Strait is approximately 13% on average, much smaller than that of Kuroshio water. Even so, over multiple years and many individual intrusion events, the contribution from other Pacific water is quite considerable. The interannual signal in the intrusion flux of these Pacific water might be closely related to variations in a wintertime westward current and eddy activities east of the Luzon Strait. We also found that Ekman drift could significantly contribute to the intrusion of Pacific water and could affect the spreading of intrusion water in the SCS. A case study of an eddy-related intrusion is presented to show the detailed processes of the intrusion of Pacific water and the eddy-Kuroshio interaction.     

Characteristics of low-frequency oscillations in course of SCS summer monsoon onset

I~IOXChinese meteorologists pay continuous attentions tO monann study. In recent yeaxs, one ofthe important achievements is having put forward the new concept regarding the East Asian monann (TaO and Chen, 1987). That is to say, there exists an East Asian mon~ subsystem,which is different from and associated with indian mourn in Asian monann system. In fact,the East Asian moun can also be divided intO tropical mon~ over the SCS -- western Pacificand subtropical mourn over China mainlan…     

The characteristic differences of tropical cyclones forming over the western North Pacific and the South China Sea

The best track dataset of tropical cyclones in the western North Pacific (WNP) and the South China Sea (SCS) from 1977 to 2005 during the satellite era, the NCEP/NCAR reanalysis dataset and the extended reconstructed sea surface temperature dataset are employed in this study. The main climatological characteristics of tropical cyclone formation over the WNP and the SCS are compared. It is found that there is obviously different for the locations of tropical cyclone origins, achieving the lowest central pressure and termination points between over the WNP and over the SCS. The annual number of tropical cyclones forming over the SCS is obviously less than over the WNP, and there is a significant negative correlation with the correlation coefficient being -0.36 at the 5% significance level between over the WNP and over the SCS. The mean speed of tropical cyclone moving is 6.5 m /s over the WNP and 4.6 m /s over the SCS. The mean lowest central pressure of tropical cyclones is obviously weaker over the SCS than over the WNP. The tropical cyclone days per year, mean total distance and total displacement of tropical cyclone traveled over the WNP are all obviously longer than those over the SCS. Tropical cyclone may intensify to Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale 5 over the WNP, but no tropical cyclone can intensify to Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale 3 over the SCS. The changing ranges of the radii(R15,R16) of the 15.4 m /s winds them and the 25.7 m /s winds over the WNP are obviously wider than those over the SCS, and the median values of the radii over the WNP are also larger than those over the SCS. For the same intensity of tropical cyclones, both radii have larger medians over the WNP than over the SCS. The correlations of annual mean tropical cyclone size parameters between over the WNP and over the SCS are not significant. At the same time, the asymmetric radii of tropical cyclones over the WNP are different from those over the SCS.     

台风威马逊入侵南海的路径分析

1409号台风威马逊是自1973年以来登陆华南地区的最强台风,其在登陆前,临岸急剧增强。每年初夏,尽管南海的海洋环境有利于台风的增长,但是由于西太平洋副热带高压(以下简称副高)的引导作用,大部分台风路径会偏离南海。本文分析结果表明,在2014年初夏,副高的位置相对过去几十年的平均位置更偏向西南方,因此,台风威马逊在副高的引导下穿过菲律宾进入南海海域。南海的高温海水为其强度陡增提供了有利条件,威马逊在短短26 h内急剧增长为超强台风。前人研究结果显示,近些年来副高的位置明显向西延伸,如果这种西向延伸的趋势一直保持或者继续,那么在初夏可能会有更多的热带风暴进入南海并且得以加强,华南地区或将面临更多灾难性台风的袭击。     

南海北部陆缘盆地与坎坡斯盆地

我国南海是西太平洋最大的边缘海,其北部陆缘盆地深水区位于琼东南与珠江口盆地南侧.通过对该地区烃源条件、储层条件、圈闭条件及成藏模式等的初步研究,认为其具有良好的石油地质条件,有效勘探面积和勘探潜力巨大,具有良好的勘探前景.坎坡斯盆地位于巴西大西洋大陆边缘,是一个中生代到古新近纪含油气盆地,其内部的Garoupa, Carapeba, Namorado, Roncador, Marlim等深水油田的地质储量十分丰富,随着各个油田开发的深入,对该地区的深水含油气系统有了更加清晰的了解.本文通过两个地区在构造演化,烃源条件,储层条件,圈闭条件以及成藏模式的对比研究,对南海北部陆缘盆地深水区有了进一步的认识.