Yangtze- and Taiwan-derived sediments on the inner shelf of East China Sea

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 29, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 2240-2256

  Xu, Kehui ^a   Milliman, John D ^b   Li, Anchun ^c   Paul Liu, J ^d   Kao, Shuh Ji ^e   Wan, Shiming ^c  

^a Wall College of Business   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^d NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Clay; East China Sea; Mineralogy; Sediment; Taiwan; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CRYSTALLINITY; GRAIN SIZE; ILLITE; SHELF SEDIMENT; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 70349866330     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2009.08.017     Document Type: Article

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