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A Holocene Yalu River-derived fine-grained deposit in the southeast coastal area of the Liaodong Peninsula

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High-resolution seismic profiles and surface samples were studied in detail in order to determine the structures, provenance, and dynamic mechanisms of a fine-grained deposit in the southeast coastal area of the Liaodong Peninsula, China. Results indicate that there is a prominent fine-grained deposit distributed alongshore up to 14 m thick, which thins out to less than 2 m in both seaward and landward directions, forming an Ω-shaped pattern of cross-section. The deposit is 180–300 km away from the Yalu River mouth and extends along the southeast coast of the Liaodong Peninsula between the northeast of Dalian Bay and southwest of the Changshan Islands, in water depths of 20–40 m. The deposit, which is mainly derived from the Yalu River, represents a Holocene Highstand System Tract sequence formed since the highest sea level around 7.0 ka. The Yalu River-derived sediments were redeposited in the area off the southeast coast of the Liaodong Peninsula after resuspension and transportation by the Liaonan Coastal Current.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Marine Geology and Environment, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Xiaohui Chen  (陈晓辉) & Tiegang Li  (李铁刚)

  2. Key Laboratory of Marine Hydrocarbon Resource and Environmental Geology, Ministry of Land and Resources, Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Xiaohui Chen  (陈晓辉), Xunhua Zhang  (张训华) & Rihui Li  (李日辉)

  3. Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Xiaohui Chen  (陈晓辉)

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Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 41106043), the China Geological Survey (Nos. GZH200800501, GZH200900501), and the Open Fund of State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology (No. MG0903)

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Chen, X., Li, T., Zhang, X. et al. A Holocene Yalu River-derived fine-grained deposit in the southeast coastal area of the Liaodong Peninsula. Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 31, 636–647 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-013-2087-1

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