关键词: 中国海岸, 验潮记录, 海平面, 构造变形

Abstract: Annual average long-term rates of relative sea level changes are computed using tide records of 48 stations along the Chinese coast. Through modification by the factors of global climate sea level changes, modern crustal deformation rates of the Chinese coast are estimated. The analyses show that the section and profile maps of China coast tectonic deformation are consistent with the coast tectonic pattern: the northern coast is characterized by large area rise-drop zones with obvious boundaries, showing effects of large scale crustal movement; the southern coast is complicated, with differential rise-fall, showing dominant rise and local subsidence. Active faults pass through the rise-fall boundaries. These locations are close to offshore areas of high seismicity.

Key words: Chinese coast, Tide records, Sea level, Tectonic deformation