三十年河东 三十年河西

RETROSPECTS AND PROSPECTS OF MARINE GEOLOGY IN CHINA OVER AND BEYOND THIRTY YEARS

三十卷的《海洋地质与第四纪地质》如同年轮,记录了我国改革开放三十年来海洋地质科学的成长史。如今中国的海洋科学,已经开始进入世界大洋,活跃在世界海洋科学的前沿。新的发现证明,深海海底是地球表层和深部系统之间的通道,深海的认识已经成为地球系统科学的瓶颈。与此同时,海洋科学正在从"考察"向"观测"过渡,海底观测网正在成为观测地球系统的第三平台。展望未来三十年,《海洋地质与第四纪地质》将要反映的是中国海洋地质的重大变化,展现中国进军深海大洋、问鼎国际前沿的新旅程。

Launched in 1981,the journal ＂Marine Geology and Quaternary Geology＂ published thirty volumes,and like tree rings the thirty volumes have recorded the development of marine geology over the 30 years of China＇s reform and opening-up.Today the Chinese marine science community is on the march to the deep open ocean,getting active on the ocean science frontiers.As shown by recent discoveries,the deep sea floor provides a passageway between the surface and interior parts of the Earth system,and its understanding has become a bottleneck in the Earth system studies.On the other hand,the marine science is now at the transition from ＂expedition＂ to ＂observation＂,and the sea-floor observatories are building up the third platform for the Earth system observation.Looking forward to the 30 years ahead,the ＂Marine Geology and Quaternary Geology＂ will mirror the progress of marine geology in China,keeping track of its growth in the international scientific arena.