Relocation of the Yellow River as revealed by sedimentary isotopic and elemental signals in the East China Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 923-927

  Yang, Weifeng ^a   Chen, Min ^a   Li, Guangxue ^b   Cao, Jianping ^a   Guo, Zhigang ^b   Ma, Qiang ^a   Liu, Jiang ^b   Yang, Junhong ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

13C; 15N; East China Sea; Trace element; Yellow River

Indexed keywords

13C; 15N; BOHAI SEA; C/N RATIO; CURRENT PATTERNS; EAST CHINA SEA; FRESH WATER; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MALAN LOESS; MARGINAL SEAS; NORTHERN CHINA; ORGANIC MATTER; SEDIMENT CHARACTERISTIC; TERRESTRIAL INFLUENCE; YELLOW RIVER; YELLOW SEA;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; CHROMIUM; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; WATER;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ALUMINUM; CARBON 13; CHROMIUM; COPPER; ELEMENT; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; NITROGEN 15; ORGANIC MATTER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TITANIUM;

ESTUARINE ECOSYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MARINE SEDIMENT; NUTRIENT; ORGANIC MATTER; TRACE ELEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOCHEMISTRY; RIVER; SEDIMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

CARBON ISOTOPES; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; OCEANS AND SEAS; RIVERS; TRACE ELEMENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; BOHAI SEA; CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW RIVER; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 67349280880     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2009.03.019     Document Type: Article

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