A SUMMARY REVIEW OF RESEARCH PROGRESS ON GLOBAL CHANGE IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA

On the basis of data from the litertures and author's study some important progresses of the research into global change in the South China Sea have been reviewed in this paper. The chronostratigraphic sequence covered about 33 Ma has been established; Long-term sequence records and high-resolution records of paleo-environment have been investigated; A series of paroxysmal events(such as the Middle Pleistocene Evolution,the Heinrich event,the D-O events,the fire events,the Toba volcanic event and the tektite event,etc.) have been discovered in the cores from the South China Sea.The results indicate that it is necessary to deepen the research into the South China Sea for understanding the coupled system of atmosphere-marine-continent and the dynamics of global change.