2026, Vol. 45, No. 5 Publication Date:10 September 2026

• Review
• Advances in the study of physical-mechanical properties and numerical models of coral reef limestone
• XU Dongsheng, LIU Yang, YAN Wen, JIN Weiqiang
• doi: 10.11978/YG2026002 　 CSTR: 32234.14.YG2026002
• Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2026, 45(5): 3–15
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• The Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the southern South China Sea: stratigraphic evidence from a deep borehole in Meiji Atoll
• LI Gang, XU Weihai, LUO Yun, LIU Jianguo, ZHAO Jianxin, FENG Yuexing, CHENG Jun, SUN Zhen, XIANG Rong, XU Min, YAN Wen
• doi: 10.11978/YG2025012 　 CSTR: 32234.14.YG2025012
• Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2026, 45(5): 16–34
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• Mesozoic magmatism in the Nansha Block: implications for the tectonic affinity of southern continental margin of the South China Sea and the opening mechanism of the Proto-South China Sea^*
• MIAO Xiuquan, ZHANG Yunying, YAN Wen
• doi: 10.11978/2026024 　 CSTR: 32234.14.2026024
• Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2026, 45(5): 35–52
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• Triassic subduction of the Paleo-Pacific: magmatic records from the southern continental margin of the South China Sea^*
• WANG Chan, LIU Hao, XU Weihai
• doi: 10.11978/2025248 　 CSTR: 32234.14.2025248
• Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2026, 45(5): 53–79
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• Microfossils in the Neogene carbonate platform of Nansha Islands and their significance^*
• SU Xiang, XIANG Rong, YI Liang, ZHANG Qiang, ZHANG Yanan, QIN Guoquan, WAN Sui, YAN Wen
• doi: 10.11978/2025246 　 CSTR: 32234.14.2025246
• Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2026, 45(5): 80–93
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• Formation and development of Meiji coral reefs in the South China Sea^*
• LIU Jianguo, HUANG Yun, XU Weihai, LI Gang, XIANG Rong, SU Xiang, LUO Yun, ZHAO Zhongxian, YAN Wen
• doi: 10.11978/YG2025010 　 CSTR: 32234.14.YG2025010
• Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2026, 45(5): 94–107
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• Differential dolomitization process of coral reefs in the South China Sea: a case study based on a deep borehole in Meiji Atoll
• LUO Yun, LI Gang, ZHANG Xiyang, XU Weihai, ZHU Xiaowei, ZHOU Wanqiu, HUANG Huiwen, ZHONG Fuchang, YAN Wen
• doi: 10.11978/2025236 　 CSTR: 32234.14.2025236
• Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2026, 45(5): 108–127
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• The formation of atolls: new insights from numerical simulations
• LIU Jinlong, Jody Webster, Tristan Salles, WANG Shuhong, MA Yikai, XU Weihai, LI Gang, YAN Wen
• doi: 10.11978/2026040 　 CSTR: 32234.14.2026040
• Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2026, 45(5): 128–145
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• Controlling factors and implications of magnesium isotopic compositions of marine carbonates^*
• HUANG Kangjun, ZHANG Pan, FENG Dong, YAN Wen
• doi: 10.11978/YG2026001 　 CSTR: 32234.14.YG2026001
• Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2026, 45(5): 146–161
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• Distribution characteristics of biomarker components and their environmental indications at Well NK-1 on Meiji Atoll, Nansha Islands^*
• ZHU Xiaowei, MO Ziyi, MAO Shengyi, TIAN Yuhang, LUO Yun, MIAO Li, XU Weihai, LI Gang, YAN Wen
• doi: 10.11978/2025224 　 CSTR: 32234.14.2025224
• Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2026, 45(5): 162–177
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• Carbonate-associated sulfate records seawater sulfate δ³⁴S and δ¹⁸O: insights from reef carbonate rocks in the southern South China Sea^*
• DI Pengfei, LI Niu, GONG Shanggui, Jörn Peckmann, WANG Shuhong, CHEN Duofu, YAN Wen
• doi: 10.11978/2025241 　 CSTR: 32234.14.2025241
• Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2026, 45(5): 178–198
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• Effects of vegetation restoration on the succession of bacterial and eukaryotic communities in coral sand beaches on tropical islands
• WU Peng, YANG Xiyue, LI Chunhou, XIAO Yayuan, ZHOU Weiwen, CHENG Hao, CUI Lei, YIN Jianping, LIU Yong
• doi: 10.11978/2025167 　 CSTR: 32234.14.2025167
• Journal of Tropical Oceanography, 2026, 45(5): 199–208
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