Sedimentary features of the Yangtze River-derived along-shelf clinoform deposit in the East China Sea
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A predominant sigmoidal clinoform deposit extends from the Yangtze River mouth southwards 800 km along the Chinese coast. This clinoform is thickest ( 40m) between the 20 and 30m isobaths and progressively thins offshore, reaching water depths of 60 and 90m and distances up to 100 km offshore. Clay mineral, heavy metal, geochemical and grain-size analyses indicate that the Yangtze River is the primary source for this longshore-transported clinoform deposit. Pb chronologies show the highest accumulation rates (43 cm/yr) occur immediately adjacent to the Yangtze subaqueous delta (north of 30 1N), decreasing southward alongshore and eastward offshore. The interaction of strong tides, waves, the China Coastal Current, winter storms, and offshore upwelling appear to have played important roles in trapping most Yangtze-derived sediment on the inner shelf and transporting it to the south. r 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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