Sedimentary record of environmental evolution off the Yangtze River estuary, East China Sea, during the last similar to 13,000 years, with special reference to the influence of the Yellow River on the Yangtze River delta during the last 600 years

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	Sedimentary record of environmental evolution off the Yangtze River estuary, East China Sea, during the last similar to 13,000 years, with special reference to the influence of the Yellow River on the Yangtze River delta during the last 600 years
	Liu, J (Liu, Jian); Saito, Y (Saito, Yoshiki); Kong, XH (Kong, Xianghuai); Wang, H (Wang, Hong); Xiang, LH (Xiang, Lihui); Wen, C (Wen, Chun); Nakashima, R (Nakashima, Rei)
刊名	QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS
	2010
卷号	29 期号:17-18 页码:2424-2438
ISSN号	0277-3791
英文摘要	A 35.60-m-long core (ECS-0702) recovered from a water depth of 22 m in the muddy area off the Yangtze River estuary was analyzed for sedimentary characteristics, clay and detrital mineral components, and element geochemistry as well as by AMS (14)C dating to document sediment provenance changes and environmental evolution during the postglacial period in the study area. On the basis of the lithology, the benthic foraminiferal and ostracod assemblages, and the AMS (14)C ages, we divided the core into four depositional units (DU1-DU4 in descending order) representing the postglacial sedimentary sequence during the last similar to 13,000 years. DU 4 was deposited in a littoral to tidal-flat environment during similar to 13,000-11,500 cal yr BP; DU 3 in a nearshore, subtidal environment upwards to the nearshore shelf with tidal influence in response to the postglacial sea-level rise during 11 500-7400 cal yr BP; DU 2 in a tide-affected, nearshore shallow-sea environment during 7400-540 cal yr BP, on the delta-front of the Yangtze River when the delta was actively prograding; and DU 1 in a nearshore shallow-sea environment during the last similar to 540 years, on the delta-front under modem marine conditions. In DU 1, the depositional rate was much higher than in the underlying units, and the sediment composition reflects more influence from the Yellow River; this unit can therefore be logically linked to the period when the Yellow River last discharged into the South Yellow Sea, from AD 1128 to 1855. According to historical records, this period can be divided into an early stage (AD 1128-1494), when the shoreline near the Yellow River mouth was advancing slowly eastward, and a late stage (1495-1855), when the shoreline was advancing rapidly. The initiation of DU 1 deposition corresponds to the latter part of the early stage, suggesting that since that time, a relatively large amount of sediment from the Old Yellow River mouth area has been transported to the offshore area of the Yangtze River mouth. Our study has identified a high-resolution sedimentary signature associated with the last course shift of the Yellow River in the Yangtze River delta-front, thus highlighting the intricate relationship between sediment sources and sinks in coastal areas. A significant contribution of the Old Yellow River sediments to the Yangtze subaqueous delta during the last similar to 600 years must be considered when the evolutional history of the Yangtze delta is examined and especially when the influence of the Three Gorge Dam construction on the future changes of the Yangtze Estuary and ecological environments in the East China Sea is estimated. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
学科主题	第四纪地质
WOS关键词	CHANGJIANG YANGTZE ; ACCUMULATION RATES ; HOLOCENE ; HUANGHE ; LEVEL ; GEOCHEMISTRY ; SOUTHERN ; SHELF ; OCEAN ; SPECTROMETRY
WOS研究方向	Physical Geography ; Geology
语种	英语
出版者	PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
WOS记录号	WOS:000280974300035
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://119.78.100.197/handle/2HKVOGP0/39093]
专题	中国地质调查局
作者单位	Ocean Univ Qingdao, Qingdao 266003, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Liu, J ,Saito, Y ,Kong, XH ,et al. Sedimentary record of environmental evolution off the Yangtze River estuary, East China Sea, during the last similar to 13,000 years, with special reference to the influence of the Yellow River on the Yangtze River delta during the last 600 years[J]. QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,2010,29(17-18):2424-2438.
APA	Liu, J .,Saito, Y .,Kong, XH .,Wang, H .,Xiang, LH .,...&Nakashima, R .(2010).Sedimentary record of environmental evolution off the Yangtze River estuary, East China Sea, during the last similar to 13,000 years, with special reference to the influence of the Yellow River on the Yangtze River delta during the last 600 years.QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS,29(17-18),2424-2438.
MLA	Liu, J ,et al."Sedimentary record of environmental evolution off the Yangtze River estuary, East China Sea, during the last similar to 13,000 years, with special reference to the influence of the Yellow River on the Yangtze River delta during the last 600 years".QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS 29.17-18(2010):2424-2438.