Journal of Tropical Oceanography
Differential dolomitization in atoll of the South China Sea: a case study of one deep borehole in Meiji Island
LUO Yun1, LI Gang1, ZHAGN Xiyang1, XU Weihai1, ZHU Xiaowei1, ZHOU Wanqiu1,2, HUANG Huiwen1, ZHONG Fuchang1, YAN Wen1,2
- 1. State Key Laboratory of Tropical Oceanography, 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
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Contact:LI Gang, email: gangli@scsio.ac.cn; YAN Wen, email: wyan@scsio.ac.cn -
Supported by:National Key Research and Development Program of China (No. 2021YFC3100600); Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2025A1515012022, 2025A1515010958); Hainan Marine Geological Resources and Environment Key Laboratory Open Fund (24-HNHYDZZYHJKF047)
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LUO Yun, LI Gang, ZHAGN Xiyang, XU Weihai, ZHU Xiaowei, ZHOU Wanqiu, HUANG Huiwen, ZHONG Fuchang, YAN Wen. Differential dolomitization in atoll of the South China Sea: a case study of one deep borehole in Meiji Island[J].Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 0, (): 1-1.
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