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Influence of the Yangtze River and grain size on the spatial variations of heavy metals and organic carbon in the East China Sea continental shelf sediments
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In this paper, the authors investigated the influence of terrigenous sediments from the Yangtze River on the spatial variations of heavy metals and organic carbon on the East China Sea continental shelf.About:
This article is published in Chemical Geology.The article was published on 2002-02-15. It has received 278 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Continental shelf & Terrigenous sediment.read more
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Flux and fate of Yangtze River sediment delivered to the East China Sea
TL;DR: In this paper, high-resolution seismic profiling and coring in the southern East China Sea during 2003 and 2004 cruises has revealed an elongated (similar to 800 km) distal subaqueous mud wedge extending from the Yangtze River mouth southward off the Zhejiang and Fujian coasts into the Taiwan Strait.
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Heavy metal contamination in surface sediments of Yangtze River intertidal zone: an assessment from different indexes.
TL;DR: Factor and cluster analyses indicate that Cd is associated with total organic carbon whereas Cu, Cr, Ni, Pb and Zn have a close association with Mn.
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Trace metal distribution in sediments of the Pearl River Estuary and the surrounding coastal area, South China.
TL;DR: The similar Pb isotopic signatures of the sediments offered strong evidence that the PRE was a major source of trace metals to the adjacent coastal area, and slightly lower Pb/Pb ratios in the coastal sediments may indicate other inputs of Pb in addition to the PRE sources, including the inputs from Hong Kong and other parts of the region.
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Sedimentary features of the Yangtze River-derived along-shelf clinoform deposit in the East China Sea
TL;DR: A predominant sigmoidal clinoform deposit extends from the Yangtze River mouth southwards 800 kin along the Chinese coast, reaching water depths of 60 and 90 m and distances up to 100 km offshore as mentioned in this paper.
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Heavy metal and Pb isotopic compositions of aquatic organisms in the Pearl River Estuary, South China.
TL;DR: The results of Pb isotopic compositions indicated that the bioaccumulation of PB in fish come from a wide variety of food sources and/or exposure pathways, particularly the anthropogenic inputs.
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World-Wide Delivery of River Sediment to the Oceans
John D. Milliman,Robert H. Meade +1 more
TL;DR: The authors showed that rivers with large sediment loads (annual discharges greater than about $15 \times 10^{6}$ tons) contribute about $7 −times 10 −9$ tons of suspended sediment to the ocean yearly.
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Geomorphic/Tectonic Control of Sediment Discharge to the Ocean: The Importance of Small Mountainous Rivers
TL;DR: In this paper, data from 280 rivers discharging to the ocean indicates that sediment loads/yields are a log-linear function of basin area and maximum elevation of the river basin.
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