南海深部过程的探索

Exploring the deep sea processes in the South China Sea

2011-2018年,国家自然科学基金委员会设立"南海深部过程演变"重大研究计划,同时推动实施了三次半的大洋钻探航次,使南海进入国际深海研究的前列,在深海盆洋陆相互作用、边缘海盆地的板缘张裂和气候演变的低纬驱动等3方面取得了突破性进展,挑战了源自西欧、北大西洋的传统观念。深海探索的进展,确立了中国在南海科学上的引导地位,下一轮的深入研究可望将南海建成世界海洋科学的天然实验室,进一步提升中国在海洋基础研究中的国际地位。

The major research program Deep Sea Processes and Evolution of the South China Sea(2011-2018)"supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, was completed with some major achievements. Together with the implementation of three and a half ocean drilling expeditions(IODP 349, 367, 368, 368 X), rapid developments of deep-sea researches have promoted the South China Sea into the international deep-sea frontier. Substantial progress was made in three fields: the oceancontinent interactions in deep sea, the plate-edge rifting of marginal basin, and the low-latitude forcing of climate changes, all with innovative discoveries challenging the conventional wisdom originated from the West Europe and North Atlantic. The research progress in recent years have shown the leading role of the Chinese community in the South China Sea. With the further enhancement of research activities, the South China Sea is expected to become a natural laboratory for the global ocean science.