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The History of Oceanograhic Research in the South China Sea
 
PIIS020596060010891-2-1
DOI10.31857/S020596060010891-2
Publication type Article
Status Published
Authors
Galina Vlasova 
Affiliation: V. I. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far East Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Vladivostok, Ul. Baltiyskaya, 43
Journal nameVoprosy istorii estestvoznaniia i tekhniki
EditionVolume 41 3
Pages484-503
Abstract

The South China Sea is one of the largest border seas of the World Ocean and part of the Pacific Basin. Its abundance of biological and mineral resources, as well as the fact that the important maritime transportation routes pass though this sea, determines its considerable practical importance. However, despite the South-Asian peoples’ history of several millennia, the South China Sea has a relatively short history of oceanographic research, as its large-scale studies only began in the first half of the 20 th century. Before 1955, studies were mostly carried out by the scientists from advanced economies, mostly by Danish, French, Japanese, British, and American scientists. The countries directly washed by the South China Sea only became able to actively engage in the exploration of this sea after they gained independence and the first organizations and scientific institutions carrying out marine studies began to appear there. This paper reviews the main stages in the studies of the South China Sea.

KeywordsSouth China Sea, China, Vietnam, hydrographic research, water circulation
Received27.09.2020
Publication date29.09.2020
Number of characters37779
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