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SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
Volume 8, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-33757-5
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [41276058, 41406059]
- Province Natural Science Foundation of Fujian [2016J01190]
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The sediment sources of the Yangtze Shoal were traced by analysing surface and core sediment particle size, detrital and clay minerals, carbon and nitrogen isotopes, and radioisotope dating. In the estuary, the sediments are dominated by silty clay, high stable mineral, and extremely high illite/chlorite. Stable organic carbon isotopes (delta C-13-TOC) indicated a marine-dominated mixture. On the shoal, the sediments are mainly composed of fine sand, high unstable mineral. The delta C-13-TOC indicated predominantly marine sedimentation. The average TOC of core sediments was similar to 0.26%, and the average TN was similar to 0.05%. The TOC/TN was 5.4-7.8, the delta C-13-TOC was - 19.8 to - 22.1%, and the age of the sediments spanned the last similar to 10.8 ka (Holocene). The sediments and provenance of the Yangtze Shoal have been controlled by the East Asian monsoon, sea level change, riverine sediment flux and ocean circulation. The intervals 8.3-6.3 ka and 3.8-1.5 ka, are characterized by Yangtze River sources, whereas 6.3-3.8 ka and 1.5-0.8 ka, are characterized by a source mixture with Yellow River input. Tracing the multiple sources effectively confirms the hypothesis that the southern Yangtze Shoal was a delta formed by combined sedimentation from the Yangtze River and Yellow River during times of low sea level.
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