美丽富饶的南海,是我国研究碳酸盐现代沉积和成岩作用的唯一重要基地。在那里,由于自然条件适合,发育着各类造礁珊瑚。许多群体和单体珊瑚,不仅以其千姿百态的魄丽色彩和外形为人们所喜爱;而且由于它们的快速繁衍,制造了大量碳酸盐,并导致了珊瑚礁的形成,所以这里的生物沉积作用更引起了沉积学家们的重视。地质学家常以“将今论古”的方法,恢复地质历史时期各类碳酸盐岩的形成机理,总结出有代表性的 The beautiful and fertile South China Sea is the only important base for studying carbonate sedimentation and diagenesis in our country. There, all kinds of reefs are developed due to their natural conditions. Many groups and monomeric corals are not only popular with their colorful colors and shapes but also because of their rapid multiplication they produce large amounts of carbonates and lead to the formation of coral reefs, Aroused the attention of sedimentologists. Geologists often use “this ancient theory” method to restore the geological history of various types of carbonate rock formation mechanism, summed up a representative