River-dominated shelf sediments of East Asian seas / edited by P. D. Clift, J. Harff, J. Wu, and Y. Qui.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clift, P. D. (Peter D.), editor.

Harff, Jan, editor.

Wu-O, Jess, editor.

Qiu, Y. (Yan), editor.

Series:

Geological Society special publication ; no. 429.

Geological Society special publication

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine sediments--East Asia.

Marine sediments.

Sediment transport--East Asia.

Sediment transport.

Geology, Stratigraphic.

East Asia.

Physical Description:

vi, 268 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Geological Society of London 2016.

Summary:

The rivers of East Asia are some of the largest and most important to human society and the global economy. They drain a variety of terrains from the Tibetan plateau, the hill country of southern China and the steep mountains of Taiwan. The sediment they carry potentially records the long-term evolution of continental environments within the marine stratigraphic record. Sediments reaching the ocean have to traverse the wide continental shelves where they may be reworked and transported by longshore currents, typhoon storm waves, as well as large ocean currents such as the Kuroshio. Deciphering any marine record requires us to understand the dynamics of sediment transport on the continental shelves, and this region acts as a global type example of such processes. Studies in this volume span a wide range of subdisciplines in the marine sciences and provide new insights into how sediment is distributed offshore after leaving the river mouths.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781862397408

1862397406

OCLC:

957744399