Distribution and origin of sediments on the northern Sunda Shelf, South China Sea

Wu Shi-guo; H. K. Wong; Luo You-lang; Liang Zhi-rong

doi:10.1007/BF02842697

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Distribution and origin of sediments on the northern Sunda Shelf, South China Sea

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- Distribution and origin of sediments on the northern Sunda Shelf, South China Sea
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 17, Issue 1, Pages: 28-40(1999)
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  1. South China Sea Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences
  2. Institute of Biogeochemistry and Marine Chemistry Hamburg University
  3. Department of Geoscience Zhongshan University
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- DOI：10.1007/BF02842697
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- Published：1999
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Shi-guo, W., Wong, H.K., You-lang, L. et al. Distribution and origin of sediments on the northern Sunda Shelf, South China Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 17, 28–40 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02842697
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Shi-guo, W., Wong, H.K., You-lang, L. et al. Distribution and origin of sediments on the northern Sunda Shelf, South China Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 17, 28–40 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02842697 DOI：

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Seventy-seven surface sediment samples and core samples from the outer Sunda Shelf were analyzed and a number of seismic profiles of the shelf were interpreted. The bottom sediments could be divided into six types: terrigenous sand

biogenic sand

silt-sand

clay-silt-sand

clayey silt and coral reef detritus. Our seismic data showed a thick

prograding Pleistocene deltaic sequence near the shelf-break and a thin Holocene sedimentary layer on the outer shelf. Eleven thermoluminescence (TL) ages were determined. The oldest relict sediments were derived from Late Pleistocene deposits. Based on sediment types

ages

and origins

five sedimentary areas were identified: area of modern Mekong sediments; insular shelf area receiving modern sediments from small Borneo rivers; shelf area near the Natuna-Anambas islands in the southeastern Gulf of Thailand Basin off the Malay Peninsula; area of relict sediments on the outer shelf north of the Natuna Islands

and typical coral reefs and detritus sediments.

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