The role of shelf mud depositional process and large river inputs on the fate of organochlorine pesticides in sediments of the Yellow and East China seas

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Hu, L M ^a   Lin, T ^b   Shi, X F ^a   Yang, Z S ^c   Wang, H J ^c   Zhang, G ^d   Guo, Z G ^b,c  

^a FIRST INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; ORGANIC CARBON; PESTICIDES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DOMINANT FACTOR; EAST CHINA SEA; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; LARGE RIVERS; MUD DEPOSIT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; RIVERINE INPUT; SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZE; SURFACE RUNOFFS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; YELLOW SEA;

RIVER POLLUTION;

COASTAL SEDIMENT; DDT; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; GRAIN SIZE; HCH; ORGANOCHLORINE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SHELF SEDIMENT; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

JAPAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 79751495060     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL045723     Document Type: Article

References (30)

1. Bianchi, T. S., and M. A. Allison (2009), Large-river delta-front estuaries as natural "recorders" of global environmental change, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A., 106, 8085-8092, doi:10.1073/pnas.0812878106.
2. Chen, J. F., X. M. Xia, X. R. Ye, and H. Y. Jin (2002), Marine organic pollution history in the Changjiang Estuary andZhejiang coastal area-HCHs and DDTs stratigraphical records, Mar. Pollut. Bull., 45, 391-396, doi:10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00093-0.
3. Cheng, P., S. Gao, and H. Bokuniewicz (2004), Net sediment transport patterns over the Bohai Strait based on grain size trend analys (Pubitemid 38681937)
4. Chu, Z. X., S. K. Zhai, X. X. Lu, J. P. Liu, J. X. Xu, and K. H. Xu (2009), A quantitative assessment of human impacts on decrease in sediment flux from major Chinese rivers entering the western Pacific Ocean, Geophys. Res. Lett, 36, L19603, doi:10.1029/2009GL039513.
5. DeMaster, D. J., B. A. McKee, C. A. Nittrouer, J. C. Qian, and G. D. Chen (1985), Rates of sediment accumulation and particle reworking based on radiochemical measurements from continental shelf deposits in the East China Sea, Cont. Shelf Res., 4(1-2), 143-158, doi:10.1016/0278-4343 (85)90026-3. (Pubitemid 15257497)
6. Guo, Z., T. Lin, G. Zhang, Z. Yang, and M. Fang (2006), High-resolution depositional records of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the central continental shelf mud of the East China Sea, Environ. Sci. Technol, 40(17), 5304-5311, doi:10.1021/es060878b. (Pubitemid 44373091)
7. Guo, Z., T. Lin, G. Zhang, M. Zheng, Z. Zhang, Y. Hao, and M. Fang (2007), The sedimentary fluxes of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in the Yangtze River Estuary coastal sea for the past century, Sci. Total Environ., 386(1-3), 33-41, doi:10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.07.019. (Pubitemid 47376748)
8. Hitch, R. K., and H. R. Day (1992), Unusual persistence of DDT in some western USA soils, Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol, 48(2), 259-264, doi:10.1007/BF00194381. (Pubitemid 24396775)
9. Hong, H., W. Chen, L. Xu, X. Wang, and L. Zhang (1999), Distribution and fate of Organochlorine Pollutants in the Pearl River Estuary, Mar. Pollut. Bull, 39, 376-382, doi:10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00081-8. (Pubitemid 29450433)
10. Hu, D. X. (1984), Upwelling and sedimentation dynamics, Chin. J. Oceanol. Limnol, 2, 12-19, doi:10.1007/BF02888388.
11. Hu, L. M., G. Zhang, B. H. Zheng, Y. W. Qin, T. Lin, and Z. G. Guo (2009), Occurrence and distribution of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in surface sediments of the Bohai Sea, China, Chemosphere, 77(5), 663-672, doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.07.070.
12. Jiang, D. H., S. Gao, and P. Cheng (2002), Modeling sediment transport in the Bohai Strait, Oceanol. Limnol. Sin., 33, 553-561.
13. Lee, K. T., S. Tanabe, and C. H. Koh (2001), Distribution of organochlorine pesticides in sediments from Kyeonggi Bay and nearby areas, Korea, Environ. Pollut, 114(2), 207-213, doi:10.1016/S0269-7491(00)00217-7. (Pubitemid 32506885)
14. Liu, J. P., A. C. Li, K. H. Xu, D. M. Velozzi, Z. S. Yang, J. D. Milliman, and D. J. DeMaster (2006), Sedimentary features of the Yangtze River-derived along-shelf clinoform deposit in the East China Sea, Cont. Shelf Res., 26(17-18), 2141-2156, doi:10.1016/j.csr.2006.07.013. (Pubitemid 44636018)
15. Liu, J. P., K. H. Xu, A. C. Li, J. D. Milliman, D. M. Velozzi, S. B. Xiao, and Z. S. Yang (2007), Flux and fate of Yangtze River sediment delivered to the East China Sea, Geomorphology, 85(3-4), 208-224, doi:10.1016/j. geomorph.2006.03.023. (Pubitemid 46343127)
16. Liu, J. P., Z. Xue, K. Ross, H. J. Wang, Z. S. Yang, A. C. Li, and S. Gao (2009), Fate of sediments delivered to the sea by Asian large rivers: Long-distance transport and formation of remote alongshore clinothems, SEPM Sediment. Rec, 7, 4-9.
17. Liu, M., S. Cheng, D. Ou, Y. Yang, H. Liu, L. Hou, L. Gao, and S. Xu (2008), Organochlorine pesticides in surface sediments and suspended particulate matters from the Yangtze estuary, China, Environ. Pollut, 156(1), 168-173, doi:10.1016/j.envpol.2007.12.015.
18. Mai, B. X., J. M. Fu, G. Y. Sheng, Y. H. Kang, Z. Lin, G. Zhang, Y. S. Min, and E. Y. Zeng (2002), Chlorinated and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in riverine and estuarine sediments from Pearl River Delta, China, Environ. Pollut, 117(3), 457-474, doi:10.1016/S0269-7491(01) 00193-2. (Pubitemid 34142217)
19. Milliman, J. D., and R. H. Meade (1983), World-wide delivery of river sediment to the oceans, J. Geol, 91, 1-21, doi:10.1086/628741.
20. Müller, B., M. Berg, Z. P. Yao, X. F. Zhang, D. Wang, and A. Pfluger (2008), How polluted is the Yangtze river? Water quality downstream from the Three Gorges Dam, Sci. Total Environ., 402(2-3), 232-247, doi:10.1016/j. scitotenv.2008.04.049.
21. Qiao, F., Y. Yang, X. Lü, C. Xia, X. Chen, B. Wang, and Y. Yuan (2006), Coastal upwelling in the East China Sea in winter, J. Geophys. Res., 111, C11S06, doi:10.1029/2005JC003264. (Pubitemid 47386269)
22. Shi, X., F. C. Chen, Y. G. Liu, H. Reng, and H. Y. Wang (2002), Trend analysis of sediment grain size and sedimentary process in the central South Yellow Sea, Chin. Sci. Bull, 47(14), 1202-1207, doi:10.1007/ bf02907610. (Pubitemid 40851982)
23. Wei, D., T. Kameya, and K. Urano (2007), Environmental management of pesticidal POPs in China: Past, present and future, Environ. Int., 33(7), 894-902, doi:10.1016/j.envint.2007.04.006. (Pubitemid 47271947)
24. Wurl, O., and J. P. Obbard (2005), Organochlorine pesticides, polychlori-nated biphenyls and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Singapore's coastal marine sediments, Chemosphere, 58(7), 925-933, doi: 10.1016/ j.chemosphere.2004.09.054. (Pubitemid 40091706)
25. Yanagi, T., A. Morimoto, and K. Ichikawa (1997), Seasonal variation in surface circulation of the East China Sea and the Yellow Sea derived from satellite altimetric data, Cont. Shelf Res., 17(6), 655-664, doi:10.1016/S0278-4343(96)00054-4. (Pubitemid 27126734)
26. Yang, S. L., J. Zhang, and X. J. Xu (2007), Influence of the Three Gorges Dam on downstream delivery of sediment and its environmental implications, Yangtze River, Geophys. Res. Lett, 34, L10401, doi:10.1029/ 2007GL029472.
27. Yang, Z. S., and J. P. Liu (2007), A unique Yellow River-derived distal subaqueous delta in the Yellow Sea, Mar. Geol, 240(1-4), 169-176, doi:10.1016/j.margeo.2007.02.008. (Pubitemid 46678076)
28. Zhang, G., A. Parker, A. House, B. Mai, X. Li, Y. Kang, and Z. Wang (2002), Sedimentary records of DDT and HCH in the Pearl River Delta, South China, Environ. Sci. Technol, 36(17), 3671-3677, doi:10.1021/ es0102888. (Pubitemid 35012010)
29. Zhang, J., W. W. Huang, S. M. Liu, M. G. Liu, Q. Yu, and J. H. Wang (1992), Transport of particulate heavy metals towards the China Sea: A preliminary study and comparison, Mar. Chem., 40, 161-178, doi:10.1016/0304- 4203(92)90021-2. (Pubitemid 23378918)
30. Zhou, R., L. Zhu, K. Yang, and Y. Chen (2006), Distribution of organochlorine pesticides in surface water and sediments from Qiantang River, East China, J. Hazard. Mater., 137(1), 68-75, doi:10.1016/j. jhazmat.2006.02.005.