Seafloor In-Situ Heat Flow Measurements in the Deep-Water Areas of the Northern Slope, South China Sea

2010 ◽  
Vol 53 (5) ◽  
pp. 774-783 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ya-Min LI ◽  
Xian-Hu LUO ◽  
Xing XU ◽  
Xiao-Qiu YANG ◽  
Xiao-Bin SHI
Keyword(s):  
Heat Flow ◽  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Northern Slope ◽  
Flow Measurements ◽  
China Sea

Three dimensional seismic studies of deep-water hazard-related features on the northern slope of South China Sea

2016 ◽  
Vol 77 ◽  
pp. 1125-1139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Duanxin Chen ◽  
Xiujuan Wang ◽  
David Völker ◽  
Shiguo Wu ◽  
Lei Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
South China Sea ◽  
South China ◽  
Deep Water ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Northern Slope ◽  
China Sea ◽  
Water Hazard

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.

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