scholarly journals KONDISI OSEANOGRAFI DI SELAT MATAK KABUPATEN KEPULAUAN ANAMBAS MELALUI MODEL HIDRODINAMIKA

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Agung Riyadi ◽  
Nusa Idaman Said ◽  
Matih Santos

This paper describes some of the general condition of the oceanographic parameters in the Strait Matak, Anambas Archipelago. The data flow is obtained by direct measurement by using a current meter types RCM-7. Simulation models using Mike 21. Mike flow pattern is divided into two seasons, namely west season (January) and the east season (August) and flow patterns ahead of the tide when the season is generally moving west to wards the south, it demonstrates the role of strong tidal influence the movement of waterin the study area. Flow velocity in the strait just before the tide on the west season reaches 1m/s.  Flow patterns at high tide on the west season looks still moving toward sthe south. The maximum flow velocity in the strait when the tide reaches 0.32 m/s, while the average speed in the area of the model is 0.12 m/s. Low tide towards the current pattern is still moving towards the south, it reinforces the notion that in addition to tidal windsare also very significant role in moving the flow, in this case that the current is moving toward the south. Flow velocity just before low tide reaches 0.85 m/s. Flow patterns at low tide shows the differences in the three previous conditions, the current in the strait to move out to the north toward the South China Sea. In condition slow tide, the tida lmore dominantly than the wind, this proved to even though the wind toward the south, the currents inthestraitis moving toward snorth along the tidal flow leading to the South China Sea. Flow velocity is quite varied location of modeling; flow velocity at low tide reaches 0.5m/s, with the average 0.15 m/s. Keywords: current and direction, wind, tide, model.

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-37
Author(s):  
Seokwoo Lee ◽  
Leonardo Bernard

States currently involved in maritime disputes in the South China Sea can learn from the experience of the Koreas in creating a framework for the “Special Peace and Cooperation Zone in the West Sea.” Like the nll, the maritime boundary issues in the South China Sea are unlikely to be resolved in the near future by direct negotiations. Formal adjudication, while a possibility, is probably unlikely. Clearly, war will benefit no one. Thus, the most viable alternative may be to pursue joint economic projects, similar to the West Sea Special Zone that will grant each party economic benefits while building confidence and reducing tension in the region.


1990 ◽  
Vol 76 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-51
Author(s):  
T. J. Hayes ◽  
D. Thomas ◽  
E. P. Dewar

AbstractPoor economic conditions in Vietnam have encouraged large numbers of people seeking a better life in the West to join the flow of political refugees leaving the country as “boat people”. We report the events surrounding one such group of people who were rescued from the South China Sea by the Outback 88 Task Group.


2011 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qiang Wang ◽  
Yinxia Wang ◽  
Hong Bo ◽  
Weidong Zhou ◽  
Dongxiao Wang

Geofluids ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Junxi Feng ◽  
Shengxiong Yang ◽  
Hongbin Wang ◽  
Jinqiang Liang ◽  
Yunxin Fang ◽  
...  

The Haima cold seeps are active cold seep areas that were recently discovered on the northwestern slope of the South China Sea (SCS). Three piston cores (CL30, CL44, and CL47) were collected within an area characterized by bottom simulating reflectors to the west of Haima cold seeps. Porewater profiles of the three cores exhibit typical kink-type feature, which is attributed to elevated methane flux (CL30) and bubble irrigation (CL44 and CL47). By simulating the porewater profiles of SO42-, CH4, PO43-, Ca2+, Mg2+, and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) in CL44 and CL47 using a steady-state reaction-transport model, we estimated that the dissolved SO42- was predominantly consumed by anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) at rates of 74.3 mmol m−2 yr−1 in CL44 and 85.0 mmol m−2 yr−1 in CL47. The relatively high AOM rates were sustained by free gas dissolution rather than local methanogenesis. Based on the diffusive Ba2+ fluxes and the excess barium contents in the sediments slightly above the current SMTZ, we estimated that methane fluxes at core CL44 and CL47 have persisted for ca. 3 kyr and 0.8-1.6 kyr, respectively. The non-steady-state modeling for CL30 predicted that a recent increase in upward dissolved methane flux was initiated ca. 85 yr ago. However, the required time for the formation of the barium front above the SMTZ at this core is much longer (ca. 2.2-4.2 kyr), which suggests that the depth of SMTZ possibly has fluctuated due to episodic changes in methane flux. Furthermore, using the model-derived fractions of different DIC sources and the δ13CDIC mass balance calculation, we estimated that the δ13C values of the external methane in cores CL30, CL44, and CL47 are -74.1‰, -75.4‰, and -66.7‰, respectively, indicating the microbial origin of methane. Our results suggest that methane seepage in the broader area surrounding the Haima cold seeps probably has persisted at least hundreds to thousands of years with changing methane fluxes.


Zootaxa ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 4306 (2) ◽  
pp. 287 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARIA ALEKSANDRA BITNER ◽  
MARCO ROMANIN

Three articulated brachiopod species have been recognized in material collected during the 2014 French-Taiwanese cruise DongSha to the South China Sea, NW Pacific: Terebratulina japonica (Sowerby, 1846), Macandrevia sp. and Nipponithyris afra Cooper, 1973. Nipponithyris afra is noted for the first time from the Northern Hemisphere and the genus Macandrevia is reported for the first time from the West Pacific. All species are reported for the first time from the South China Sea, extending their biogeographical range. 


2015 ◽  
Vol 143 (1) ◽  
pp. 64-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaomin Chen ◽  
Yuqing Wang ◽  
Kun Zhao

Abstract The typical synoptic flow patterns and environmental factors that favor the rapid intensification (RI) of tropical cyclones (TCs) in the South China Sea (SCS) have been identified based on all TCs formed in the SCS between 1981 and 2011. The quantity RI is defined as the 24-h increase in maximum sustained surface wind speed by 15 m s−1 as in previous studies, which is close to the 95th percentile of 24-h intensity change of all SCS samples excluding those after landfall. There are 4.9% (2.3%) of tropical depressions (tropical storms) that experienced RI. No typhoons satisfied the RI threshold. Six low-level synoptic flow patterns favoring RI have been identified based on 18 RI cases. In the monsoon season very few TCs experience RI due to large vertical wind shear (VWS). Most RI cases occurred in the postmonsoon season when the midlatitude troughs often penetrated into the SCS whereas the southwesterly monsoon flow is still strong in the southern SCS. Compared with those of non-RI cases, the mean initial conditions of RI cases include weak VWS and relatively strong forcing from midlatitude troughs. Several criteria of significant environmental factors for RI are statistically identified based on all TC samples. It is found that 16 non-RI TCs fitted in the RI flow patterns but only two of them satisfy all the criteria, suggesting that a combination of the synoptic flow pattern and the environmental factors can be used to predict RI in the SCS. In addition, two RI cases involving TC–trough interaction are analyzed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 103 ◽  
pp. 29-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Hu ◽  
Min Luo ◽  
Qianyong Liang ◽  
Linying Chen ◽  
Dong Feng ◽  
...  

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 ◽  
pp. 4
Author(s):  
Keat Gin Ooi

<p>The Malay Peninsula –or what is present day West/Peninsular Malaysia – shores are flanked on either side by the South China Sea on the east and the Straits of Malacca (Melaka) on the west, both essentially important sea-borne passages between the East and the West. By the first millennium BCE and the early part of the first millennium CE the Malay Peninsula possessed trading sites on the lower reaches of rivers and along the coasts. Complementing the peninsula’s strategic location was the seasonal monsoonal pattern that facilitated the comings and goings of merchant fleets enabling long-distant seaborne trade to develop. The peninsula acted as a ‘connector’ for the confluence of traders from East Asia to interact with counterparts from South and West Asia and within Southeast Asia. The Straits of Malacca was a pivotal passage of the Maritime Silk Route. A multitude of natural elements and man-made disasters (warfare in particular) resulted in shipwrecks in the Straits and the South China Sea. This paper shall revisit the beginnings of maritime archaeology in Malaysia, ascertain the players and the contemporary playing field, the benefits of this endeavour, look towards its developments, and envisage its future directions. </p>


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