周胜男^1,2, 施祺¹, 周桂盈³, 杨红强¹, 严宏强¹
1.中国科学院南海海洋研究所, 中国科学院边缘海与大洋地质重点实验室, 广东 广州 510301;2.中国科学院大学, 北京 100049;3.海军军港监督环境监测站, 北京 100841

摘要:
通过对南沙群岛永暑礁、西门礁和安达礁3个砾洲的现场调查，基于理论最低潮面和平均海面分别计算了砾洲的可能分布范围和平均出露范围，获得了砾洲的地形地貌特征。3个砾洲均为向西北凸出的弧形，呈北东-南西向展布。永暑礁和西门礁砾洲周边地势较高，中部相对低洼，分布有多条砾脊，边缘向海侧主砾脊高度最大，内部多条较低的次砾脊相交于主砾脊并汇聚于砾洲东部；安达礁砾洲则中部凸起地势较高，周边较低，无多重砾脊分布。推断砾洲的发育由最初珊瑚枝块堆积于中部形成凸起，逐渐向北东和南西两侧以砾脊形式扩展，最终形成砾洲由内向外的洼地-砾脊-砾滩的地貌分带模式。砾洲的地形地貌特征表明，南沙群岛砾洲的发育主要受北东-南西向水动力条件季节性交替的控制，反映了南海海区盛行季风的影响。南沙群岛珊瑚礁砾洲的地貌特征为深入研究南海珊瑚礁灰沙岛地貌发育演化及动力机制提供了基础数据。
关键词:南沙群岛灰沙岛砾洲地貌特征水动力环境
DOI：10.11759/hykx20180822001
分类号:P736.21
基金项目:中国科学院战略性先导科技专项（A类）（XDA13010103）；中国科学院南海生态环境工程创新研究院创新发展基金项目（ISEE2018PY02）；国家自然科学基金项目（41506061，41776128）

Geomorphic features of coral shingle cays in the Nansha Islands
ZHOU Sheng-nan^1,2, SHI Qi¹, ZHOU Gui-ying³, YANG Hong-qiang¹, YAN Hong-qiang¹
1.CAS Key Laboratory of Ocean and Marginal Sea Geology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China;2.University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China;3.Intendance and Environment Monitoring Station of Navy of PLA, Beijing 100841, China
Abstract:
In this study, three coral shingle cays each located on the Yongshu Reef, the Ximen Reef, and the Anda Reef in the Nansha Islands were investigated. Based on the theoretical lowest tide (TLT) and mean sea level (MSL), we calculated the areas of possible distribution and the average outcrop of the cays and obtained the topographic and geomorphic features of the cays. The three cays are northwest-facing and arc-shaped and spread within the northeastern-southwestern direction. In the cays on the Yongshu Reef and the Ximen Reef, the surrounding areas are relatively high and the central parts are relatively low. Shingle ridges are present in the two cays, whereby a high main ridge is located at the seaward edge, and multiple low sub-ridges are distributed in the interior intersecting the main ridge and gather in the eastern part. Different from the other two cays, the cay on the Anda Reef is bulging on the central part and is low-lying on the edge area and is without shingle ridge. It is speculated that coral branches and gravels accumulated and bulged initially at the central part and extended toward northeast and southwest, respectively, as shingle ridges, and finally formed a shingle cay with geomorphic zones of depression-shingle ridge-shingle beach from its inner to outer regions. The topography and geomorphology of these cays indicate that the seasonal northeastern-southwestern hydrodynamic condition controlled the development of shingle cays in the Nansha Islands, reflecting the influence of the prevailing monsoon in the South China Sea. The geomorphic features of coral shingle cays in the Nansha Islands provide basic data for in-depth research on the geomorphic development and dynamic mechanism of the coral islands in the South China Sea.
Key words:the Nansha Islandscoral islandcoral shingle caygeomorphic featurehydrodynamic condition





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