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Characterization of fine-grained turbidite deposits from the South China Sea sediment cores

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Two depositional processes controlled the muddy sediments in the South China Sea Basin. Bathyal sediments depositional rate was 7.66 cm/ka in the northern continental slope of the Basin where turbidity current was almost nonexistent. In the northern margin of the Basin, abyssal sediment depositional rate was 5.05 cm/ka and turbidity current occurrence averaged 0.22 per 1000 years. Turbidite was found in the middle of the Basin. Over half of the muddy sediments in the deep sea basin were deposited by turbidity currents, and had typically graded bedding, and contents of organic matter, calcareous material and micropaleontologic species inconsistent with the environment.

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    Chen Feng, Cai Feng, Yang Baohua, Song Wenlong & Chen Chenghui

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Feng, C., Feng, C., Baohua, Y. et al. Characterization of fine-grained turbidite deposits from the South China Sea sediment cores. Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 10, 184–192 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02844750

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