Increased contribution of terrigenous supply from Taiwan to the northern South China Sea since 3Ma

Marine Geology

Volumn 278, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 115-121

  Wan, Shiming ^a,b   Li, Anchun ^a   Clift, Peter D ^c   Wu, Shiguo ^a   Xu, Kehui ^d   Li, Tiegang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d E Craig Wall Sr College of Business Administration   (United States)

Author keywords

Clay minerals; Deep water bottom deposition; Ocean Drilling Program; Sediment; South China Sea; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENT; CLAY MINERALOGY; DEEP SEA; DEEPWATER; DRIFT DEPOSITION; DRIFT SEDIMENTS; GRAIN SIZE; INTERGLACIAL CYCLICITY; MASS ACCUMULATION RATES; NEW HIGH; NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAMS; PEARL RIVER; PRIMARY SOURCES; SEA-LEVEL FLUCTUATIONS; SEDIMENT DRIFT; SEDIMENT SOURCES; SEISMIC PROFILES; SILICICLASTIC SEDIMENTS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN; TIME-SCALES; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

CLAY MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; MINERALS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS; UNDERWATER MINERALOGY;

OFFSHORE OIL WELLS;

CLAY MINERAL; DEEP DRILLING; DEEP WATER; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; GRAIN SIZE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMIC DATA; SILICEOUS DEPOSIT; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TIMESCALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PEARL RIVER [UNITED STATES]; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649631942     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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