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OS027:

South China Sea: A nature laboratory for investigating marginal sea tectonic,

oceanographic/paleoceanographic, and biogeochemical processes

Session ID#: 12845

Session Description:

The South China Sea (SCS) is the largest marginal sea of the northern Pacific, serving as a natural laboratory for investigating the tectonic interactions of marginal seas with Eurasian, Indo-Australian, and Pacific plates. SCS is critically situated at the gateway between the Pacific and Indian Ocean, moderating climate changes

and carbon cycles at multiple time scales. The last several years have witnessed major progress in investigating the SCS through multidisciplinary initiatives and enhanced international collaboration, including IODP Exp. 349 in 2014, IODP Exp. 367/368 scheduled for 2017, and the ongoing “South China Sea Deep” initiative. This session will highlight recent multidisciplinary progress: (1) Tectonic interactions of the SCS with major tectonic plates, and their linkages with sedimentary processes; (2) Sedimentary records and paleoceanography; (3) Physical oceanographic processes of and interaction with the Pacific and Indian Ocean; (4) Biogeochemistry of carbon and nutrients in the SCS and surrounding oceans.

Primary Convener:

Jian Lin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, MA, United States

Conveners:

Zhimin Jian, Tongji University, Shanghai, China,

Minhan Dai, Xiamen University, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Sciences, Xiamen, China

Karl Stattegger, University of Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Cross-Listed:

GP - Geomagnetism, Paleomagnetism and Electromagnetism

PP - Paleoceanography and Paleoclimatology

T - Tectonophysics

V - Volcanology, Geochemistry and Petrology