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 ; no. 429

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine sediments--East Asia.

Marine sediments.

Continental shelf--East Asia.

Continental shelf.

East Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (colour).

Place of Publication:

London : The Geological Society, 2016.

System Details:

text file

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.

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2016.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on August 30, 2016).

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9781786204332

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