Sedimentary evolution since the late Last Deglaciation in the western North Yellow Sea

Yan Li; Anchun Li; Peng Huang

doi:10.1007/s00343-012-1040-z

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Sedimentary evolution since the late Last Deglaciation in the western North Yellow Sea

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- Sedimentary evolution since the late Last Deglaciation in the western North Yellow Sea
- Journal of Oceanology and Limnology Vol. 30, Issue 1, Pages: 152-162(2012)
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  1. Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences
  2. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- DOI：10.1007/s00343-012-1040-z
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- Online First：15 November 2012，
  
  Published：2012
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Li, Y., Li, A. & Huang, P. Sedimentary evolution since the late Last Deglaciation in the western North Yellow Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 30, 152–162 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-012-1040-z
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Li, Y., Li, A. & Huang, P. Sedimentary evolution since the late Last Deglaciation in the western North Yellow Sea., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 30, 152–162 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-012-1040-z DOI：

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To decipher the sedimentary evolution and environmental changes since the late Last Deglaciation

two gravity cores were analyzed from the western North Yellow Sea (NYS). The two cores (B-L44 and B-U35) were sampled for grain size

clay minerals

detrital minerals

and 14C dating. They are comparable in lithofaies

and the observed succession was divided into four depositional units based on lithology and mineral assemblages

which recorded the postglacial transgression. Depositional unit 4 (DU 4) (before 11.5 ka) was characterized with enrichment in sand

and was interpreted as nearshore deposits in shallow water during the Younger Dryas Event. DU 3 (11.5–9.6 ka) displayed a fining-upward succession composed of sediments from local rivers

such as the Huanghe (Yellow) River

and from coastal erosion

which clearly were related to the Early Holocene transgression. Stable muddy deposition (DU 2) in NYS began to form at about 9.6 ka

which received direct supply of fine materials from the Shandong subaqueous clinoform. It is believed that the Yellow Sea circulation system played a major role in controlling the formation of fine sediment deposition in DU 1 (after 6.4 ka) after the sea level maximum.

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