南海珊瑚礁地貌模型研究

近200a前Darwin于1832-1836年间环球考察热带海洋珊瑚礁后,首次建立了珊瑚礁地貌模型并论述其形成机制,该模型总体形态呈全部或部分被上截了顶部的锥形,本文简称为"上截锥型"。此后历经几代学者的研究,都继承了他的珊瑚礁地貌模型。对南海珊瑚礁地貌模型的研究,近年有研究描绘为另外一种模型,该模型的特点是礁外坡为内凹形,礁体形态呈蘑菇状,本文称为"蘑菇型"。本文根据许多南海珊瑚礁地形实测资料和地貌学研究文献,确认南海珊瑚礁地貌模型应为上截锥型,"蘑菇型"珊瑚礁地貌模型并不符合珊瑚礁形成演化规律,在自然界内不存在。     

南海西南部珊瑚礁区活动断裂分析

利用SEABAT8111多波束系统在南海西南部珊瑚礁区海域进行地形地貌探测,同时还进行了单道和多道地球物理调查。探测表明该区珊瑚礁礁体的活动断裂主要有NE、NW、SN向3组。NE向断裂主要分布在岛礁区内,是晚燕山期南海第一次海底扩张时形成的断裂系,强烈活动于晚白垩世—始新世,晚第三纪以来继承性活动,以张剪性断裂为主,现今活动性中等至弱。NW向断裂主要分布在曾母盆地,以张剪性断裂为主,切割至基底,强烈活动于渐新世至上新世,构成了曾母盆地的主要张裂期,第四纪仍有活动,均为弱活动断裂。SN向断裂主要有南海西部的滨海断裂带,它是南海SN向扩张时期的转换断层,具张剪性,为中活动断裂,是南海西南部珊瑚礁区活动性较强的断裂,该断裂带历史上曾有火山活动和地震活动的记录。     

对近183年我国南海冬季风变率的探讨： 来自珊瑚氧同位素的证据*

以西沙群岛现代澄黄滨珊瑚的冬季氧同位素记录为代用指标,重建了1818—2000年的南海冬季风风速。重建序列显示1818—1954年冬季风速以每年0.009m·s^-1的速率下降,而1955—2000年下降速率明显增强为每年0.021m·s^-1,46年间风速下降达20%。整个183年中冬季风速变化具有两个完整的强—弱波动特征,其中1830s和1940s为过去近两个世纪当中冬季风速最强和最弱的时期。20世纪的冬季风速变化与南海海表温度和中国陆地气温极为相似,相位相反,并揭示了1940s和1980s年代两个特征暖期。通过对冬季风速异常和ENSO暖、冷事件的统计分析,发现大多数ENSO事件发生时与冬季风减弱相对应。     

Remote sensing expert system of South China Sea coral reefs

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南海典型珊瑚礁生态系统健康评价方法研究

本研究基于系统复杂性原理, 提出了南海典型珊瑚礁生态系统健康评价方法——组织力及系统功能评价法。该方法的评价框架包括珊瑚礁生态系统结构及功能、珊瑚礁生态系统与其他海洋生态系统间关系、与人类社会生态系统间关系、珊瑚礁生态系统发展制约因素等四大模块; 评价指标体系分为目标层、准则层、因素层、要素层等6个层级共计67个指标。同时, 本研究系统地提出了珊瑚礁生态系统健康评价的流程, 提高了珊瑚礁健康评价工作的规范性和时效性。应用组织力及系统功能评价法对2011—2018年西沙群岛珊瑚礁生态系统进行了健康评价, 结果显示自2011年起健康指数年均下降2.3%~2.4%, 除2012年、2015年健康指数稍有回升外, 其余年份均呈下降走势, 整体评价为亚健康状态。根据七连屿周边岛屿的实地考察和居民生活问卷调查结果, 2006—2008年的渔业发展、2012年的海星泛滥和2014—2015年的岛礁建设均对珊瑚礁生态系统造成了较大影响, 使10年内渔业产量下降了50%~80%。这与应用组织力及系统功能评价法的评价结果相吻合, 侧面验证了该评价方法的科学性和可行性。     

南海南部海域岛礁区海底珊瑚砂声速影响因素的初步研究

通过对南海南部海域岛礁区科学考察数据资料的分析研究,得出了岛礁区海底珊瑚砂的纵波声速随孔隙度、含水量增大而减小,以及声速随中值粒径、湿密度增大而增大的统计结果,并在Biot和Wyllie的松散饱和水沉积物声速理论公式与模型基础上,解释了物理力学因素对海底珊瑚砂声速的影响机制,阐明了固相因素和液相因素的强弱变化引起声速增大或减小的理论原因,分析了各种声速经验公式在海底珊瑚砂声速估算上的精度差异,得出了有必要建立包括海底珊瑚砂在内的单一类型声速经验公式的初步结论。     

论南海新生代的构造运动

白垩纪末和新生代之交的构造运动揭开了新生代南海多旋回构造运动的序幕,自此之后整个南海的地壳开始进入总体受张性背景区域构造应力场控制、以张性沉降为主要特征的地质发展时期.七次区域性的构造运动和沉积作用具有多旋回、周期性振荡式发生的特点,其中尤以白垩纪末和老第三纪初、晚始新世和中渐新世及中中新世和晚中新世之间的三次构造运动表现最为强烈,形成了南海最为重要的三个区域性构造界面.南海地壳运动是欧亚、太平洋和印度—澳大利亚三大板块相互作用效应的结果和缩影,是跨越太平洋和印度—澳大利亚两大板块更大范围的岩石圈和软流圈流动(运动)方向、速度和强度的周期性振荡式改变所导致的.     

On tectonic movement in the South China Sea during the Cenozoic

The tectonic movement taking place at the end of Cretaceous and the beginning of Cenozoic had opened the Cenozoic phase of polycyclic tectonic movements, then the whole crust of the South China Sea had been mainly subjected to the regional stress field of tectonic tension, which was characterized by rifting depression. Seven times of regional tectonic movement and sedimentation had been assembled into a geological development history of polycyclic oscillation. Especially, the tectonic movements were strongly intensified at the end of Cretacious and the beginning of Paleagene, between Late Eocene and MidOligocene, during Mid and Late Miocene. These three times of tectonic movement had built the most important regional tectonic interfaces in the South China Sea. Crust movements of the South China Sea were the result and epitome of interaction of the Eurasia, Pacific and IndoAustralia plates, that is, they were introduced by polycyclic changes of directions, rates and strengths of lithospheric movements and asthenospheric flows across the Pacific and IndoAustralia plates.     

南海珊瑚礁海域黑缘尾九棘鲈生物学特征初步研究

根据2018—2019年在南沙群岛和西沙群岛珊瑚礁海域采集的礁栖鱼类黑缘尾九棘鲈(Cephalopholis spiloparaea)样本, 对其群体结构、性腺成熟度、摄食强度、肥满度、年龄与生长等生物学特征进行了初步研究, 通过对比分析了南海这两个珊瑚礁海域中黑缘尾九棘鲈生物学特征的地理差异。结果表明: 在南沙海域和西沙海域中黑缘尾九棘鲈的平均体长分别为105.5±10.5mm和110.4±13.1mm, 两海域间的体长和体质量分布均具有极显著的差异(P<0.01); 南沙海域与西沙海域样本体长和体质量关系的异速生长因子b值分别为2.881与2.797; 耳石样本分析结果显示年龄范围为0.58~1.44a, 两个海域间并无显著性差异(P>0.05); 由von Bertalanffy生长方程计算所得的生长参数显示, 南沙海域的黑缘尾九棘鲈比西沙海域的体型相对较小、生长速度相对较快; 两海域黑缘尾九棘鲈的性腺成熟度均以Ⅱ期为主, 且西沙海域样本性腺成熟比例高于南沙海域; 摄食等级以1级为主, 两个海域间的摄食等级分布无显著性差异(P>0.05); 与西沙群岛海域相比, 南沙群岛海域的黑缘尾九棘鲈群体表现出肝体比较低的特征。     

南海北部滨珊瑚骨骼微生物侵蚀

微生物对珊瑚骨骼的侵蚀作用相对肉眼可见的大型生物侵蚀更加隐蔽, 研究也相对稀少, 国内更是空白。本文对采自涠洲岛、大亚湾以及西沙琛航岛的滨珊瑚骨骼切片在扫描电镜下开展微生物侵蚀研究。在涠洲岛和大亚湾的滨珊瑚骨骼切片中存在微生物侵蚀形成的“橘色条带”, 可能与当地水体富营养化有关, 而琛航岛的样品中则没有类似的条带。扫描电镜观察发现, 这些“橘色条带”为内生藻Ostreobium quekettii, 是一种热带珊瑚礁区常见的侵蚀微生物。O. quekettii侵蚀的珊瑚骨骼结构被破坏, 其厚度减小, 孔隙率提高了1.54%至6.76%、抗压强度下降了27.1%至51.2%, 使得珊瑚骨骼变得更加“疏松”, 且在整个骨骼次表面形成了一层“骨质疏松层”。该种侵蚀微生物扮演了“先行者”的角色, 使珊瑚更容易被大型生物侵蚀, 而大型生物侵蚀又会进一步促进微生物侵蚀, 该“正反馈效应”正好解释了在富营养化的南海北部发现的珊瑚骨骼内侵蚀加剧的现象。     

2009-2010年冬季南海东北部中尺度过程观测

根据南海北部陆架陆坡海域2009-2010年冬季航次的CTD调查资料,发现西北太平洋水在上层通过吕宋海峡入侵南海,其对南海东北部上层水体温盐性质的影响自东向西呈减弱趋势,影响范围可达114°E附近。入侵过程中受东北部海域反 气旋式涡旋(观测期间,其中心位于20.75°N,118°E附近) 的影响,海水的垂向和水平结构发生了很大变化,特别是涡旋中心区域,上层暖水深厚,混合层和盐度极大值层显著深于周边海域。该暖涡在地转流场、航载ADCP观测海流及卫星高度计资料中均得到了证实。暖涡的存在还显著影响了海水化学要素的空间分布,暖涡引起的海水辐聚将上层溶解氧含量较高的水体向下输运,使次表层的暖涡中心呈现高溶解氧的分布特征。     

南海主要珊瑚礁水域软骨鱼类的组成与分布

利用1998年3~5月和1999年5~6月在西沙和南沙的12座珊瑚礁水域渔业资源专业调查资料以及1998年2月~1999年12月在南沙群岛水域进行的渔业资源监测调查资料,分析讨论了南海珊瑚礁水域软骨鱼类的组成与分布。专业调查结果:捕获软骨鱼类14属16种,渔获量计64尾2 844.1kg,优势种为大眼角鲨、鼬鲨、日本燕、侧条真鲨、灰六鳃鲨;监测调查表明南沙珊瑚礁水域的软骨鱼类在全年均可捕获,产量的变动主要与捕捞努力量相关。综合2种调查知:软骨鱼类在南海珊瑚礁水域总体分布范围较广,单鱼种在各个岛礁表现出一定的地域分布性;南海珊瑚礁区捕获软骨鱼类的主要作业方式为延绳钓和大型流刺网。     

南海南部造山运动及其与古南海俯冲的成因联系

古南海的展布范围以及俯冲消亡过程等一直是地质学家们争论的焦点问题。这不仅与南海扩张诱因密切相关,而且对南海地球动力学研究有重大的指导意义。在研究前人文献的基础上,对南海南部造山运动以及古南海俯冲过程之间的关系进行详细的论述。结果表明,南海南部构造活动主要分为两期：第一期运动从早白垩纪到晚白垩纪,古太平洋的洋壳俯冲到婆罗洲岛下方,俯冲带位于现今卢帕尔线一带,引起了曾母-南沙地块不断向西南婆罗洲靠近,并于晚白垩纪引发了碰撞造山运动。由于婆罗洲自身是由众多地块拼合而成,所以在始新世期间发生了多期碰撞之后的地块变形重组事件。最终在晚始新世（37 Ma）完成最后一期变形（沙捞越运动）。第二阶段是晚始新世（35 Ma）到中中新世（15.5 Ma）,位于西巴拉姆线以东至菲律宾卡加延一带的古南海从西巴拉姆线以东,向婆罗洲岛下方俯冲,随后扩散到沙巴以及巴拉望岛以南的地区,直至菲律宾的民都洛岛一带停止俯冲。由此产生的拖曳力是南海扩张的主要诱因。与古太平洋板块俯冲产生的效果相似,古南海的俯冲使得婆罗洲岛与南沙地块不断靠近。在中中新世（15.5 Ma）,引起南沙地块与婆罗洲岛在沙巴地区的碰撞（沙巴造山）以及巴拉望北部陆壳与菲律宾岛弧的碰撞而停止。由此带来的不整合面在南海南部普遍可见,甚至到达了巴拉望岛一带。而现今南沙海槽与巴拉望海槽并非是俯冲带的前渊,前者是对沙巴新近纪增生楔重力驱动变形的响应,后者是巴拉望岛北侧伸展背景下产生的半地堑盆地,在后期增生楔的作用下发生强烈沉降所形成。真正的俯冲带则分别位于南沙海槽东南部以及巴拉望海槽东南部。据现有证据推测,最少在10 Ma之前古南海就在菲律宾民都洛一带停止俯冲,从而完成了整个古南海的封闭。     

A Review on the Currents in the South China Sea: Seasonal Circulation, South China Sea Warm Current and Kuroshio Intrusion

Researches on the currents in the South China Sea (SCS) and the interaction between the SCS and its adjacent seas are reviewed. Overall seasonal circulation in the SCS is cyclonic in winter and anticyclonic in summer with a few stable eddies. The seasonal circulation is mostly driven by monsoon winds, and is related to water exchange between the SCS and the East China Sea through the Taiwan Strait, and between the SCS and the Kuroshio through the Luzon Strait. Seasonal characteristics of the South China Sea Warm Current in the northern SCS and the Kuroshio intrusion to the SCS are summarized in terms of the interaction between the SCS and its adjacent seas.     

Distributions of nutrients in the East China Sea and the South China Sea connection

Surface maps of nitrate, phosphate and silicate of the East China Sea (ECS) have been constructed and are described. Reports on exchanges of material between the ECS and the South China Sea (SCS) through the Taiwan Strait are reviewed. Recent advances seem to have reversed the earlier view that the SCS exports nutrients to the ECS through the Taiwan Strait. This is because the northward flow of seawater in the summer carries little nutrient. On the other hand, the waters flowing southward along the coast of China in winter carry orders of magnitude higher nutrient concentrations. The outflow of subsurface waters from the SCS, however, is the major source of new nutrients to the ECS continental shelves because these subsurface waters flow out of the Luzon Strait, join the northwardly flowing Kuroshio and enter the Okinawa trough. Around 10% of the nutrients exported from the SCS through the Luzon Strait upwell onto the ECS shelf. These inputs are larger than the aggregate of all the rivers that empty into the ECS, contributing 49% of the externally sourced nitrogen, 71% of the phosphorous, and 54% of the silica for the ECS.     

南海北部涠洲岛海域Merulinidae珊瑚文石骨骼和海水间微量元素分配系数：来自珊瑚种属和瑞利分馏的影响

微量元素在珊瑚文石骨骼和海水间的分配过程是控制海水中微量元素进入珊瑚骨骼的关键环节,表征该分配过程的分配系数（K_D）常用于时间序列上的海水微量元素含量重建。由于缺乏珊瑚和海水的原位研究,我们对珊瑚文石骨骼与海水之间微量元素的分配行为的了解非常有限,这严重阻碍了我们对于准确的海水化学定量数据的获取。本研究中,我们选取了南海北部涠洲岛海域的两种典型的造礁石珊瑚种（网状菊花珊瑚（Goniastrea retiformis）和八重山扁脑珊瑚（Platygyra yaeyamaensis））和周围原位表层海水中的5种微量元素（Cu、Zn、Pb、Cd和Cr）进行研究,估算了这些微量元素在珊瑚文石骨骼和海水之间的分配系数。研究结果表明：各个微量元素在网状菊花珊瑚和八重山扁脑珊瑚文石骨骼和海水间的分配系数分别为3.65和3.49（Cu）;0.57和0.97（Zn）;1.06和1.42（Pb）;0.88和1.01（Cd）;0.66和0.60（Cr）。结合前人报道的各个种属珊瑚的分配系数,我们发现不同珊瑚种属Cu、Zn、Pb和Cd的K_D值存在显著差异,而Cr的K_D值差异则相对较小。此外,微量元素K_D值还在一定程度上受到瑞利分馏的影响,该影响与K_D值的大小有关。本研究为珊瑚文石骨骼和海水间分配系数提供了较为准确的K_D值,为未来的珊瑚研究提供了重要的基础数据,并扩展了我们对海洋生物成因矿物晶格的化学特征的认识。     

Characteristics of Sea Surface Circulation and Eddy Field in the South China Sea Revealed by Satellite Altimetric Data

Temporal and spatial variations of sea surface circulation in the South China Sea were revealed with use of altimetric data provided by TOPEX/POSEIDON from December 1992 to October 1997. The estimated distribution of sea surface dynamic heights from altimetric data coincide well with the results of observation by Soong et al. (1995) and Chu et al. (1998). The RMS variability of sea surface dynamic height, which is obtained after tidal correction based on Yanagi et al. (1997), is high in the central part of the South China Sea, the Gulf of Tongking, the Sunda Shelf and the Gulf of Thailand. The high RMS variability in the Gulf of Tongking, the Sunda Shelf and the Gulf of Thailand is due to set up and set down of sea water by the East Asian monsoon, which is northeasterly during winter and southwesterly during summer. Also, the high RMS variability in the central part of the South China Sea is due to the variations of basin-wide circulation. The circulations are dominant in the central part of the South China Sea during summer and winter, an anticyclonic circulation during summer and a cyclonic circulation during winter. It is suggested that these circulations are controlled by the East Asian monsoon. Hence, there is an interannual variability of the basin-wide circulation associated with the variation of the East Asian monsoon.     

Evolution and propagation of amesoscale eddy in the northern South China Sea during winter

In situ observations,satellite data,and the output from an eddy-resolving ocean circulation model were used to study the generations and propagations of an anticyclonic eddy in the northern South China Sea (NSCS) during the winter of 2009-2010.In the NSCS,the anticyclonic eddy firstly appeared to the west of the Luzon Strait,migrated generally along the continental slope and dissipated around the Xisha Archipelago. The evolution of the warm eddy contains three phases:development,maturation,and decay.The eddy mainly stayed near 119.7°E in December and then gradually moved to 118.7°E until January 15,when its intensity,as indicated by the thermocline temperature and salinity anomalies,increased significantly,reflecting the growth of the eddy.The eddy reached its peak on January 15 and persisted until February 23. During this period,the eddy propagated westward to 116.4°E.After,the warm eddy weakened significantly and dissipated finally near the Xisha Archipelago.     

Spring mesoscale high in the western South China Sea

A recurring spring mesoscale eddy in the western South China Sea (SCS) is studied using remote sensing data and historical in situ observations. The feature first appears east of the central Vietnam coast in February as a high sea-level anomaly, grows rapidly to a well-developed anticyclonic eddy by March, matures in April, and decays in May. Besides the warm-core feature, it also has an inherent low-salinity property, so it is named "spring mesoscale high (SMH)". Though with clear interannual variation in terms of intensity and spatial coverage, the SMH always emerges in the region between 110 E and 114 E and between 12 N and 16 N. The formation of SMH is ascribed to the combined effects of wind forcing and releasing of potential energy set up by winter monsoon. In particular, the wind-stress curl plays an important role in its development, maintenance, and dissipation.