Modern (<100 years) sedimentation in the Taiwan Strait: Rates and source-to-sink pathways elucidated from radionuclides and particle size distribution

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-63

  Huh, Chih An ^a   Chen, Weifang ^a   Hsu, Feng Hsin ^a   Su, Chih Chieh ^b   Chiu, Jui Kun ^c   Lin, Saulwood ^b   Liu, Char Shine ^b   Huang, Bor Jiun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb; 7Be; Sediment accumulation rate; Source to sink transport; Taiwan Strait

Indexed keywords

CESIUM ISOTOPE; GEOACCUMULATION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MARGINAL SEA; MOBILITY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT CORE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EAST CHINA SEA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN STRAIT;

EID: 78650563944     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2010.11.002     Document Type: Article

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