Model of modern dynamic deposition in the east China Sea |
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Authors: | Zhou Fugen |
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Institution: | (1) Marine Geological Department and Analysis & Research Center, Tongji University, Shanghai |
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Abstract: | Since the last rising of sea level, two branches of the Kuroshio, the Huanghai (Yellow Sea) coastal current (HCC; mainly cold
water mass) and the Changjiang River outflow have controlled the modern dynamic deposition in the East China Sea. There are
three depositing areas on the sea-bed under the above currents: a relict sand area un der the Taiwan Warm Current and the
Huanghai Warm Current at the south-eastern area, the about 60 km2 round mud bank under the Huanghai Coastal Current at the northern area and the large subaqueous delta of mainly fine sand
and silt under the Changjiang discharge flow in its estuary and the large narrow mud bank under the Zhejiang-Fujian Coastal
Current, another round mud bank under the Changjiang discharge flow off Hangzhou Bay. The relict sand area has a coarsesand
block under the Taiwan Warm Current bypassing Taiwan at the northern part of the island.
The two round mud banks were formed in relatively static states by an anticlockwise converging cyclonic eddy. The coarsesand
block was formed by a clockwise diverging cyclonic eddy. This new dynamic deposition theory can be used to explain not only
the dynamic deposition process of clay, but also the patchy distribution of sediments on the shelves of the world ocean s. |
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