Evolution of a deep-water ferromanganese nodule in the South China Sea in response to Pacific deep-water circulation and continental weathering during the Plio-Pleistocene

2020 ◽  
Vol 229 ◽  
pp. 106106
Author(s):  
Yi Zhong ◽  
Zhong Chen ◽  
James R. Hein ◽  
Francisco Javier González ◽  
Zhaoxia Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Water Circulation ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Ferromanganese Nodule ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Continental Weathering

scholarly journals Discovery of Deep-Water Bamboo Coral Forest in the South China Sea

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianru Li ◽  
Pinxian Wang
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Cold Water ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Paracel Islands ◽  
New Frontier ◽  
Sea Fan

Abstract A deep-water coral forest, characterized by slender and whip-shaped bamboo corals has been discovered from water depths of 1200–1380 m at the western edge of the Xisha (Paracel Islands) area in the South China Sea. The bamboo corals are often accompanied by cold-water gorgonian “sea fan” corals: Anthogorgia sp. and Calyptrophora sp., as well as assemblages of sponges, cirrate octopuses, crinoids and other animals. The coral density increased toward the shallower areas from 24.8 to 220 colonies per 100 m2 from 1380 m to 1200 m water depth. This is the first set of observations of deep-water bamboo coral forests in Southeast Asia, opening a new frontier for systematic, ecological and conservation studies to understand the deep-coral ecosystem in the region.

Carbonate dissolution and deep-water paleoceanography of the South China Sea since the Middle Pleistocene

2001 ◽  
Vol 46 (22) ◽  
pp. 1908-1911 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baohua Li ◽  
Quanhong Zhao ◽  
Min-Pen Chen ◽  
Zhinmin Jian ◽  
Pinxian Wang
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Middle Pleistocene ◽  
Carbonate Dissolution ◽  
The South ◽  
China Sea

scholarly journals Changes in Deep Water Oxygenation of the South China Sea Since the Last Glacial Period

2018 ◽  
Vol 45 (17) ◽  
pp. 9058-9066 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gang Li ◽  
Harunur Rashid ◽  
Lifeng Zhong ◽  
Xing Xu ◽  
Wen Yan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
The South China Sea ◽  
Glacial Period ◽  
The South ◽  
Last Glacial Period ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Last Glacial ◽  
The Last Glacial
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