Sources and burial of organic carbon in the middle Okinawa Trough during late Quaternary paleoenvironmental change
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Title
- Sources and burial of organic carbon in the middle Okinawa Trough during late Quaternary paleoenvironmental change
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Author(s)
- Shao, Hebin; Yang, Shouye; Cai, Feng; Li, Chao; Liang, Jie; Li, Qing; Hyun, Sangmin; Kao, Shuh-Ji; Dou, Yanguang; Hu, Bangqi; Dong, Gang; Wang, Feng
- KIOST Author(s)
- Hyun, Sang Min(현상민)
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Alternative Author(s)
- 현상민
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Publication Year
- 2016-12
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Abstract
- The sediments from a piston core ECS12A recovered from the middle Okinawa Trough in the East China Sea were measured for total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), and other biogenic elements to provide constraints on the sources and burial rates of depositional organic matter (OM) and on the changes in primary productivity since 19 ka. The last glacial sediments (ca. 17-19 ka) are characterized by low contents of biogenic elements and well-developed turbidite layers, suggesting low primary productivity but a high component of terrigenous sediment. With rising sea level and enhanced monsoons during the deglacial period, the proportion of marine OM gradually increased. The least negative delta C-13(org) values and the smallest grain size of sediments deposited ca. 10-14.5 ka indicate high primary productivity and a sedimentary environment dominated by the marine component. The source and burial rates of OM in the Holocene sediments (ca. 5.4-10 ka) were largely controlled by the intensification of the Kuroshio Current, which caused a slight decrease in primary productivity, but strengthened the oceanic circulation in the East China Sea. Overall, the source-to-sink process of OM in the Okinawa Trough is governed by complex interactions between sea level, climate and ocean circulation.
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ISSN
- 0967-0637
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URI
- https://sciwatch.kiost.ac.kr/handle/2020.kiost/1398
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DOI
- 10.1016/j.dsr.2016.10.005
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Bibliographic Citation
- DEEP-SEA RESEARCH PART I-OCEANOGRAPHIC RESEARCH PAPERS, v.118, pp.46 - 56, 2016
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Publisher
- PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
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Subject
- EAST CHINA SEA; NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC-OCEAN; HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS TRACTS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; GULF-OF-MEXICO; ASIAN MONSOON; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; BIOGENIC SILICA; YANGTZE-RIVER; CHANGJIANG YANGTZE
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Keywords
- Organic carbon; Okinawa Trough; Sediment; Late Quaternary; Paleoenvironment
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Type
- Article
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Language
- English
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Document Type
- Article
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