12/09/2013
US/Pacific
OS007-TITLE: Geodynamic, Sedimentary, and Oceanographic Processes of the South China Sea
Description: The evolution of the South China Sea (SCS) is linked to the continental-oceanic interaction of the Eurasian, Pacific and Indo-Australian plates. Despite its small size and short history, the SCS has undergone a complete Wilson cycle from continental breakup to seafloor spreading to subduction. This session provides a platform for international community to present investigations and new insights of multidisciplinary processes of the SCS, including: 1) tectonics and volcanism; 2) sedimentology; 3) physical oceanography and paleoceanography; 4) biogeochemistry and microbiology. It will also provide a forum for discussion of multi-disciplinary sciences during the upcoming IODP drilling in the SCS in Jan-March 2014.
CURRENT SECTION/FOCUS GROUP: Ocean Sciences (OS)
CO-SPONSORING SECTION(S): Tectonophysics (T)
INDEX TERMS: [4200] OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL, [8178] TECTONOPHYSICS / Tectonics and magmatism, [8177] TECTONOPHYSICS / Tectonics and climatic interactions, [4219] OCEANOGRAPHY:
GENERAL / Continental shelf and slope processes.
Please note that the abstract deadline is August 6th, 2013. Please contact any one of these conveners:
1.Zhen Sun, South China Sea Inst of Oceanology, zhensun@scsio.ac.cn
2.Jian Lin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, jlin@whoi.edu
3.Karl Stattegger, Kiel University, kst@gpi.uni-kiel.de
4.Zhifei Liu, Tongji University, lzhifei@tongji.edu.cn
