Physical processes observed on the deep atoll rims of the Nansha Islands, South China Sea: implication for the formation and maintenance of “broken-wall-bucket” atolls

Li, Jin

Physical processes observed on the deep atoll rims of the Nansha Islands, South China Sea: implication for the formation and maintenance of “broken-wall-bucket” atolls

Jin Li¹, Andrew D Ashton², Ya Ping Wang^3,4 and Shu Gao⁴, (1)Nanjing University, Education Ministry Key Laboratory of Coast& Island Development, Nanjing, China, (2)WHOI, Geology and Geophysics, Woods Hole, MA, United States, (3)Nanjing University, China, (4)East China Normal University, State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, School of Marine Science, Shanghai, China