Gravity flows associated with flood events and carbon burial: Taiwan as instructional source area

Annual Review of Marine Science

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-68

  Liu, James T ^a   Kao, Shuh Ji ^b   Huh, Chih An ^c   Hung, Chin Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

carbon burial; hyperpycnal flow; mountainous river; POC; turbidity current; typhoon

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC BASIN; CLASTIC SEDIMENTS; EXTREME CONDITIONS; FINE-GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOOD EVENT; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; GRAVITY FLOWS; HUMAN DISTURBANCES; HYPERPYCNAL FLOWS; MARINE TRANSPORT; NEAR-SHORE WAVES; OKINAWA TROUGH; POC; REMOBILIZATION; RIVER RUNOFFS; SEDIMENT LOADS; SOURCE AREA; SOURCE TO SINKS; STRONG CURRENTS; SUBMARINE CANYON; TAIWAN STRAITS; TURBIDITY CURRENT; WOODY DEBRIS;

CARBON; CATCHMENTS; DEBRIS; FLOODS; HURRICANES; LITHOLOGY; OCEAN CURRENTS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STORMS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

BACKARC BASIN; BIOMASS; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CATCHMENT; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; DEEP SEA; DEPOSITION; DISTURBANCE; EARTHQUAKE; EPISODIC EVENT; EXTREME EVENT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOODING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAVITY FLOW; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LANDSLIDE; LITHOLOGY; MOUNTAIN STREAM; PARTICULATE ORGANIC CARBON; REMOBILIZATION; RUNOFF; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; STRAIT; SUBMARINE CANYON; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; TURBIDITY CURRENT; TYPHOON; WOODY DEBRIS;

EAST CHINA SEA; OKINAWA TROUGH; PACIFIC OCEAN; TAIWAN;

CARBON;

CHEMISTRY; ECOSYSTEM; FLOODING; REVIEW; RIVER; TAIWAN;

CARBON; ECOSYSTEM; FLOODS; RIVERS; TAIWAN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872303383     PISSN: 19411405     EISSN: 19410611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-marine-121211-172307     Document Type: Article

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