Study on suspended matter in seawater in the Southern Yellow Sea |
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Authors: | Qin Yunshan Li Fan Xu Shanmin J Milliman R Limeburner |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Oceanology, Academia Sinica, China;(2) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution U.S.A., USA |
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Abstract: | Distribution of suspended matter in seawater in the Southern Yellow Sea is investigated in five regions: 1) the Northern Jiangsu
bank, the highest TSM (total suspended matter) content region; 2) the high TSM content region off the Changjiang River mouth;
3) the high TSM content region off the Chengshan Cape; 4) the low TSM region off Haizhou Bay; 5) the central part of the Southern
Yellow Sea, a low TSM content region. The vertical distribution of TSM is mainly characterized by a spring layer of suspended
matter, written as “suspended-cline” whose genesis is related to storms in winter. In this paper, non-combustible components
and grain sizes in suspended matter, relationship between suspended matter and bottom sediments, and salinity in seawater
are described. Investigation result shows that, in this area, suspended matter comes mainly from resuspended bottom sediment
and secondarily from present discharge loads from rivers and biogenic materials. Discharged sediments from the Huanghe River
move around the Chengshan Cape and affect the northwestern region of this area. Sediments from the Changjiang River affect
only the southern part and have little or no direct influence on the central deep region. Wave is the main factor affecting
distribution of suspended matter. Water depth controls the critical depth acted on by waves. The cold water mass in the central
region limits horizontal and vertical dispersions of terrigenous materials. Suspended matter here has the transitional properties
of the epicontinental sea. Its concentration and composition are different from those of a semi-closed sea (such as the Bohai
Sea) and those of the East China Sea outer continental shelf or those near oceanic areas. |
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