Sand cay is a special kind of islet formed by coral detritus and bioclast, which is common in Nansha Islands of China. Some sand cays play an important role in ocean strategy and economy, but surprisingly we know litt...Sand cay is a special kind of islet formed by coral detritus and bioclast, which is common in Nansha Islands of China. Some sand cays play an important role in ocean strategy and economy, but surprisingly we know little about them, especially those recently formed sand cays. In this research, we monitor migration of a new sand cay in Nanxun Jiao（Gaven Reef） using a series of Quick Bird and World View-2 satellite images between June 2006 and August 2013. We conduct a regression between migration distance and wind observational data to examine the migration patterns of the new sand cay. The migration distance is calculated based on the sand cay locations extracted based on Normalized Difference Water Index（NDWI）. The wind observational data downloaded from NOAA are reformed into four wind direction vectors. Based on the results of regression, we concluded that the migration of the new sand cay on Nanxun Jiao was significantly associated with the east, west and north wind.East wind was the main influence factor of the migration; its impact strength was almost twice as the west and north wind. The south wind has little effect on the migration of the sand cay, which is partly blocked by the artificial structure in the south.展开更多
海南岛西部近岸海域海砂资源丰富、经济价值巨大,对其物质来源却缺乏系统研究。为解决这一科学问题,为该区域海砂资源的开发利用提供科学依据,对海南岛西部近岸海域和昌化江入海口1 471粒碎屑锆石开展了U-Pb同位素年代学和微区元素地球...海南岛西部近岸海域海砂资源丰富、经济价值巨大,对其物质来源却缺乏系统研究。为解决这一科学问题,为该区域海砂资源的开发利用提供科学依据,对海南岛西部近岸海域和昌化江入海口1 471粒碎屑锆石开展了U-Pb同位素年代学和微区元素地球化学研究。海南岛西部近岸海域年龄范围在3.45 Ga~82 Ma,具有99、241、252 Ma 3个主要年龄峰值,以及113、155、325、357 Ma 4个次要年龄峰值;昌化江入海口具有2.3 Ga~96 Ma的年龄范围,存在101、244、254 Ma 3个主要年龄峰值,以及122、266、281、307、342 Ma 4个次要年龄峰值。结果表明:海南岛西部近岸海域沉积物以具有~99 Ma的显著年龄峰,并缺乏晋宁期、加里东期和喜山期年龄峰为识别标志,海南岛应是其主要物源区,区内丰富的海砂资源来源于海南岛内岩浆岩和沉积岩的风化剥蚀和搬运沉积;海南岛西部近岸海域与昌化江沉积物年龄峰值的差异,指示海南岛西部近岸海域沉积物并非单纯来源于近源昌化江输入,也在北部湾逆时针环流的作用下接受琼西南部河流的物源贡献;更新昌化江入海口的碎屑锆石年龄组成,新识别出的380~310 Ma年龄群,可作为昌化江流域物源的识别标志;本次碎屑锆石年龄频谱特征与海南岛经历的多次重要地质事件相吻合,有助于了解海南岛复杂的地质演化历史。展开更多
基金National Sea Islands Protection and Management Programme
文摘Sand cay is a special kind of islet formed by coral detritus and bioclast, which is common in Nansha Islands of China. Some sand cays play an important role in ocean strategy and economy, but surprisingly we know little about them, especially those recently formed sand cays. In this research, we monitor migration of a new sand cay in Nanxun Jiao（Gaven Reef） using a series of Quick Bird and World View-2 satellite images between June 2006 and August 2013. We conduct a regression between migration distance and wind observational data to examine the migration patterns of the new sand cay. The migration distance is calculated based on the sand cay locations extracted based on Normalized Difference Water Index（NDWI）. The wind observational data downloaded from NOAA are reformed into four wind direction vectors. Based on the results of regression, we concluded that the migration of the new sand cay on Nanxun Jiao was significantly associated with the east, west and north wind.East wind was the main influence factor of the migration; its impact strength was almost twice as the west and north wind. The south wind has little effect on the migration of the sand cay, which is partly blocked by the artificial structure in the south.
文摘海南岛西部近岸海域海砂资源丰富、经济价值巨大,对其物质来源却缺乏系统研究。为解决这一科学问题,为该区域海砂资源的开发利用提供科学依据,对海南岛西部近岸海域和昌化江入海口1 471粒碎屑锆石开展了U-Pb同位素年代学和微区元素地球化学研究。海南岛西部近岸海域年龄范围在3.45 Ga~82 Ma,具有99、241、252 Ma 3个主要年龄峰值,以及113、155、325、357 Ma 4个次要年龄峰值;昌化江入海口具有2.3 Ga~96 Ma的年龄范围,存在101、244、254 Ma 3个主要年龄峰值,以及122、266、281、307、342 Ma 4个次要年龄峰值。结果表明:海南岛西部近岸海域沉积物以具有~99 Ma的显著年龄峰,并缺乏晋宁期、加里东期和喜山期年龄峰为识别标志,海南岛应是其主要物源区,区内丰富的海砂资源来源于海南岛内岩浆岩和沉积岩的风化剥蚀和搬运沉积;海南岛西部近岸海域与昌化江沉积物年龄峰值的差异,指示海南岛西部近岸海域沉积物并非单纯来源于近源昌化江输入,也在北部湾逆时针环流的作用下接受琼西南部河流的物源贡献;更新昌化江入海口的碎屑锆石年龄组成,新识别出的380~310 Ma年龄群,可作为昌化江流域物源的识别标志;本次碎屑锆石年龄频谱特征与海南岛经历的多次重要地质事件相吻合,有助于了解海南岛复杂的地质演化历史。
