Clay mineral distribution in surface sediments of the South China Sea and its significance for in sediment sources and transport

Jianguo Liu; Muhong Chen; Zhong Chen; Wen Yan

doi:10.1007/s00343-010-9057-7

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Clay mineral distribution in surface sediments of the South China Sea and its significance for in sediment sources and transport

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- Clay mineral distribution in surface sediments of the South China Sea and its significance for in sediment sources and transport
- Clay mineral distribution in surface sediments of the South China Sea and its significance for in sediment sources and transport
- 海洋湖沼学报（英文） 2010年28卷第2期页码：407-415
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  Key Laboratory of Marginal Sea Geology South China Sea Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences
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  Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40631007), the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, Nos. 2007CB819505, 2009CB219502), the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (2006BAB19B03), the Knowledge Innovation Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Nos. SQ200713 and LYQY200704), the Open Fund of the Key Laboratory of Marginal Sea Geology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. MSGL08-16), and the Open Fund of the Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences (No. MGE2008KG08).
- DOI：10.1007/s00343-010-9057-7
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- 网络首发：2010-03-20，
  
  纸质出版：2010
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Clay mineral distribution in surface sediments of the South China Sea and its significance for in sediment sources and transport[J]. 海洋湖沼学报（英文）, 2010,28(2):407-415.

Liu, J., Chen, M., Chen, Z. et al. Clay mineral distribution in surface sediments of the South China Sea and its significance for in sediment sources and transport., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 28, 407–415 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-010-9057-7
Clay mineral distribution in surface sediments of the South China Sea and its significance for in sediment sources and transport[J]. 海洋湖沼学报（英文）, 2010,28(2):407-415. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-010-9057-7.

Liu, J., Chen, M., Chen, Z. et al. Clay mineral distribution in surface sediments of the South China Sea and its significance for in sediment sources and transport., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 28, 407–415 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-010-9057-7 DOI：

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Abstract

Clay minerals of surface sediments in the South China Sea (SCS) are analyzed with X-ray diffraction

and their transport is explored with a grain size trend analysis (GSTA) model. Results show that clay mineral types in various sedimentary environments have different sediment sources and transport routes. Sediments in the northern SCS (north of 20°N) between the southwest of Taiwan Island and the outer mouth of the Pearl River have high contents of illite and chlorite

which are derived mainly from sediments on Taiwan Island and/or the Yangtze River. Sediments from the Pearl River are characterized by high kaolinite and low smectite content

and most are distributed in the area between the mouth of the Pearl River and northeast of Hainan Island and transported vertically from the continental shelf to the slope. Characterized by high illite content

sediments from Kalimantan Island are transported toward the Nansha Trough. Sediments from Luzon Island are related with volcanic materials

and are transported westwards according to smectite distribution. On the Sunda Shelf

sediments from the Mekong River are transported southeast in the north while sediments from the Indonesian islands are transported northward in the south. Ascertaining surface sediment sources and their transport routes will not only improve understanding of modern transportation and depositional processes

but also aid paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic analysis of the SCS.

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