| Seasonal variations in the surficial sediment grain size in the East China Sea continental shelf and their implications for terrigenous sediment transport | |
Zhang, Kaidi1,3 ; Li, Anchun1,2,3; Zhang, Jin1,4; Lu, Jian1,3; Wang, Hongli1,3
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| 2020-02-01 | |
| Source Publication | JOURNAL OF OCEANOGRAPHY
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| ISSN | 0916-8370 |
| Volume | 76Issue:1Pages:1-14 |
| Corresponding Author | Li, Anchun(acli@qdio.ac.cn) |
| Abstract | This study discusses the seasonal variations in surficial sediment grain size and their implications for sediment transport driven by the hydrodynamics in the East China Sea, based on grain size analysis of surficial sediments and salinity data collected from the East China Sea continental shelf during two cruises in 2011. The results show that the grain size distribution on the East China Sea continental shelf presents apparent spatial and seasonal variations. The mud area exhibits more variation than the sand area, which indicates that the sediment supply is the main factor controlling the surficial sediment grain size distribution on the East China Sea continental shelf. The grain size near the Yangtze River Estuary is relatively coarse in summer, because of the inherited characteristics from the previous winter, whereas it is much finer in autumn, due to the input of fine-grained materials during the flood period of the Yangtze River. A high fine-grained sediment concentration was found along the Zhejiang-Fujian coast in autumn when the Zhejiang-Fujian Coastal Current forms. The sediments in the northeast of the study region (the mud patch southwest of Cheju Island) are much coarser, and the fine-grained area is narrower in autumn than in summer because of seasonal variations in the Yellow Sea Coastal Current and the frequency of storms. Simultaneously, the tongue-shaped fine-grained cross shelf front located along the Zhejiang-Fujian coast occurs farther to the south in autumn than in summer. However, the surficial grain size distribution patterns on the middle and outer shelf are similar in the two seasons. |
| Keyword | East China Sea continental shelf Seasonal variations Sediment grain size Surficial sediments |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10872-019-00523-8 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS Research Area | Oceanography |
| WOS Subject | Oceanography |
| WOS ID | WOS:000511906900001 |
| Publisher | SPRINGER |
| Citation statistics | |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | http://ir.qdio.ac.cn/handle/337002/165338 |
| Collection | 海洋地质与环境重点实验室 |
| Corresponding Author | Li, Anchun |
| Affiliation | 1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Oceanol, Key Lab Marine Geol & Environm, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China 2.Qingdao Natl Lab Marine Sci & Technol, Lab Marine Geol, Qingdao 266061, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Ctr Ocean Mega Sci, Qingdao 266071, Peoples R China 4.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China |
| First Author Affilication | Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Corresponding Author Affilication | Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Zhang, Kaidi,Li, Anchun,Zhang, Jin,et al. Seasonal variations in the surficial sediment grain size in the East China Sea continental shelf and their implications for terrigenous sediment transport[J]. JOURNAL OF OCEANOGRAPHY,2020,76(1):1-14. |
| APA | Zhang, Kaidi,Li, Anchun,Zhang, Jin,Lu, Jian,&Wang, Hongli.(2020).Seasonal variations in the surficial sediment grain size in the East China Sea continental shelf and their implications for terrigenous sediment transport.JOURNAL OF OCEANOGRAPHY,76(1),1-14. |
| MLA | Zhang, Kaidi,et al."Seasonal variations in the surficial sediment grain size in the East China Sea continental shelf and their implications for terrigenous sediment transport".JOURNAL OF OCEANOGRAPHY 76.1(2020):1-14. |
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