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Modern (<100 years) sedimentation in the Taiwan Strait: Rates and source-to-sink pathways elucidated from radionuclides and particle size distribution

A large number of sediment cores collected during 2005–2010 from the Taiwan Strait were analyzed for radionuclides ( 210Pb, 137Cs and 7Be) to elucidate sedimentation dynamics in this all-important gateway linking two largest marginal seas in the western Pacific (namely, the South China Sea and the E...

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Published in:Continental shelf research 2011-01, Vol.31 (1), p.47-63
Main Authors: Huh, Chih-An, Chen, Weifang, Hsu, Feng-Hsin, Su, Chih-Chieh, Chiu, Jui-Kun, Lin, Saulwood, Liu, Char-Shine, Huang, Bor-Jiun
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Pathways
Rivers
Sediment accumulation rate
Sedimentation
Sediments
Source-to-sink transport
Straits
Taiwan Strait
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