Nutrient budgets for the South China Sea basin

Chen, Chen‐Tung Arthur; Wang, Shu-Lun; Wang, Bing-Jye; Pai, Su‐Cheng

doi:10.1016/s0304-4203(01)00041-x

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“…Chen and Huang (1995), Chen et al (2015) reported that waters in the SCS exchange rapidly and horizontally with the WPS so the intermediate and deep waters are essentially of the same age as corresponding waters in the WPS. The deep WPS water at around 2200 m flows across the deep sill (Chen et al, 2001) into the SCS and has become the deep water and the bottom water of the SCS (Nitani, 1972;Liu and Liu, 1988;Chen et al, 2001). Therefore, the waters at around 2200 m and deeper in the SCS are of similar age as the water at 2200 m in the WPS.…”

Section: Excess N 2 O (δN 2 O)mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The average monthly wind speed was used to estimate the sea-toair flux. The seawater fluxes from the SCS to the WPS were taken from Chen et al (2001). The principle of conservation of water masses requires that the flow of water into the SCS be balanced by the outflow of water.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…2b and 3b). The surface and intermediate waters are exchanged freely between the SCS and the WPS, and the deep water below 1350 m flows into the SCS from the WPS (Chen et al, 2001). However, waters at depths of greater than 2200 m in the WPS, including the Pacific Deep Water and the Antarctic Bottom Water, cannot enter the SCS (Chen et al, 2001(Chen et al, , 2006.…”

Section: South China Seamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The surface and intermediate waters are exchanged freely between the SCS and the WPS, and the deep water below 1350 m flows into the SCS from the WPS (Chen et al, 2001). However, waters at depths of greater than 2200 m in the WPS, including the Pacific Deep Water and the Antarctic Bottom Water, cannot enter the SCS (Chen et al, 2001(Chen et al, , 2006. The intermediate and deep SCS waters above 2200 m mix with the WPS water, which has a lower N 2 O concentration, so the N 2 O concentration gradually decreases with increasing depth beyond the N 2 O maximum but remains constant at depths in excess of 2200 m. In the SCS, some sampling stations close to the continental slope have high N 2 O concentrations (N 2 O 4 32 nmol L À 1 ; Fig.…”

Section: South China Seamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…7 shows that the chlorophyll a concentrations in the surface and subsurface waters of the SCS are much higher than in the WPS, which reflects the higher productivity in the SCS. Second, the deep WPS water flows across the deep sill (2200 m; Chen et al, 2001) into the SCS. This deep WPS water at around 2200 m becomes the deep water and the bottom water of the SCS (Nitani, 1972;Liu and Liu, 1988;Chen et al, 2001).…”

Section: Comparison Of N 2 O Distributions In the Scs And Wpsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Deep water exchanges between the South China Sea and the Pacific since the last glacial period

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Deep ocean circulation is widely considered as one of the important factors for increasing CO 2 concentration and decreasing radiocarbon activity (Δ 14 C) of the atmosphere during the last deglaciation. The AMS 14 C ages of benthic and planktonic foraminifers from 18 samples of Core MD05-2904 (water depth of 2066 m) in the northern South China Sea (SCS) and 15 samples of Core MD05-2896 (water depth of 1657 m) in the southern SCS were analyzed in this study for reconstructing the intrabasin deep oceanic processes and hence exploring the deep water exchanges between the SCS and the Pacific since the last glacial period. The results show that during the Holocene the average apparent ventilation age of deep water was younger in the southern SCS (~1350 years) than in the northern SCS (~1850 years) due to relatively strong vertical mixing and advection, consistent with modern observations. However, during the last glacial period and deglaciation the deep water was older in the southern SCS (~2050 years and~1800 to 1200 years, respectively) than in the northern SCS (~1600 years and~670 years, respectively), indicating reduced deep mixing and advection. Moreover, the northern SCS deep water was significantly younger during the last deglaciation than during the Holocene and the last glacial period, implying the existence of northern sourced newly formed and relatively young North Pacific deep water. Our records do not support the intrusion of anomalously 14 C-depleted deep water to the middepth of the low-latitude western Pacific and the SCS during the "Mystery Interval" (17.5-14.5 kyr B.P.).

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Nutrient budgets for the South China Sea basin

Cited by 182 publications

References 26 publications

Distributions and sea-to-air fluxes of nitrous oxide in the South China Sea and the West Philippines Sea

Distributions and sea-to-air fluxes of nitrous oxide in the South China Sea and the West Philippines Sea

Deep water circulation in the Luzon Strait

Deep water exchanges between the South China Sea and the Pacific since the last glacial period

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