High resolution records of flood deposition in the mud area off the Changjiang River mouth during the past century

Gang Hu; Anchun Li; Jian Liu; Gang Xu; Xi Mei; Xianghuai Kong

doi:10.1007/s00343-014-3244-x

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High resolution records of flood deposition in the mud area off the Changjiang River mouth during the past century

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- High resolution records of flood deposition in the mud area off the Changjiang River mouth during the past century
- High resolution records of flood deposition in the mud area off the Changjiang River mouth during the past century
- 海洋湖沼学报（英文） 2014年32卷第4期页码：909-920
- Affiliations：
  
  1. Key Lab of Marine Geology and Environment Institute of Oceanology Chinese Academy of Sciences
  2. Key Lab of Marine Hydrocarbon Resources and Environmental Geology Ministry of Land and Resources
  3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
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- Funds：
  
  Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41206073, 41376079, 41206051, 41206052) and the China Geological Survey (Nos. 1212010611401, 200900501)
- DOI：10.1007/s00343-014-3244-x
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- 网络首发：2014-07-11，
  
  纸质出版：2014
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High resolution records of flood deposition in the mud area off the Changjiang River mouth during the past century[J]. 海洋湖沼学报（英文）, 2014,32(4):909-920.

Hu, G., Li, A., Liu, J. et al. High resolution records of flood deposition in the mud area off the Changjiang River mouth during the past century., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 32, 909–920 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-014-3244-x
High resolution records of flood deposition in the mud area off the Changjiang River mouth during the past century[J]. 海洋湖沼学报（英文）, 2014,32(4):909-920. DOI： 10.1007/s00343-014-3244-x.

Hu, G., Li, A., Liu, J. et al. High resolution records of flood deposition in the mud area off the Changjiang River mouth during the past century., Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 32, 909–920 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-014-3244-x DOI：

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Abstract

This paper presents a paleoflood study to determine the flood frequency of the Changjiang River

based on core cj0702

taken from the Changjiang River subaqueous delta. We identified flood deposits by means of high-resolution grain-size variation

sensitive population

geochemical indexes and magnetic susceptibility. The core covers a time span of 120 years by 210Pb dating and was sampled at 1–2 cm intervals. Grain size

geochemical elements

and physical parameters were analyzed. The results indicate that the sediment of the core is mainly composed of silt and clay

as well as groups of interbedded silt

clay silt

and clay. Vertically

the grain size pattern was controlled by seasonal variations in water discharge and by the sediment input in winter from the abandoned Huanghe River delta. River flooding caused extreme values in all our measured parameters. We identified more than 20 flood events that occurred since 1887 using the physical parameter analysis method. The environmentally sensitive component of sediment grain size (14.32–96.39 μm) contribution>30%

Zr/Rb ratio>1.5

and magnetic susceptibility>16 were selected as the criteria for flood identification generally. We also found that floods that had taken place in the upstream

midstream

or downstream parts of the river were clearly identified by these indexes while the large-scale floods that covered the whole drainage area did not leave clear indications in the sediment record. This study for identification of flood events is of great significance for understanding hyperpycnal current sedimentation as well as for forecasting of floods.

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