Variation of sediment organic matter in western tidal flat of Yalu River Estuary and its respond to basin changes

Shi Yong; Liu Zhishuai; Gao Jianhua; Li Jun; Bai Fenglong; Wang Xiaoyong

doi:10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2015.01.012

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Shi Yong, Liu Zhishuai, Gao Jianhua, Li Jun, Bai Fenglong, Wang Xiaoyong. Variation of sediment organic matter in western tidal flat of Yalu River Estuary and its respond to basin changes[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2015, 37(1): 115-123. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2015.01.012

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Shi Yong, Liu Zhishuai, Gao Jianhua, Li Jun, Bai Fenglong, Wang Xiaoyong. Variation of sediment organic matter in western tidal flat of Yalu River Estuary and its respond to basin changes[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2015, 37(1): 115-123. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2015.01.012

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Shi Yong, Liu Zhishuai, Gao Jianhua, Li Jun, Bai Fenglong, Wang Xiaoyong. Variation of sediment organic matter in western tidal flat of Yalu River Estuary and its respond to basin changes[J]. Haiyang Xuebao, 2015, 37(1): 115-123. doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2015.01.012

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Variation of sediment organic matter in western tidal flat of Yalu River Estuary and its respond to basin changes

doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-4193.2015.01.012

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National Ocean Technology Center, Tianjin 300112, China;Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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National Ocean Technology Center, Tianjin 300112, China
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Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
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Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, Qingdao 266071, China

Received Date: 2012-10-13
Rev Recd Date: 2014-11-02

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Abstract

Riverine particle organic matter (POM) contains key information about terrestrial carbon cycle,and human activities. The basin changes and interaction,between land and sea,can be reflected by the variation of organic matter in sediment from estuary. Four sediment cores and 23 surface samples were collected in tidal flat of west bank of Yalu Estuary in twice from 2010 to 2011. The elemental and C-and N-isotopic compositions of organic matter (OM) were determined,together with sediment grain size. The analysis results show that relationship between TOC/TN and δ¹³C decrease,as well as correlation between δ¹⁵N and sediment grain size from estuary to west,indicating that reconstruction degree of OM get further and the source of OM get complicated. We use δ¹³C to analysis OM's source and its transport as the principal line,TOC/TN as auxiliary,and use δ¹⁵N to evaluate ecological environment. The variations of δ¹³C in sediment cores are closely related with river sediment load. Intercepted by dams,the sediment load decreased gradually,causing the deposition rate of tidal flat getting slow,and increasing the marine OM content in sediment. Variation of δ¹⁵N in core sediment indicates the increasing sewage discharge. Otherwise,the rapid deposition rate in West Chanel Estuary reduced the δ¹³C in surface sediments from land to sea. And the material,transported from sub-tidal and enriched in inter-tidal,caused the δ¹³C increasing in landward direction in west tidal flat of Yalu Estuary.
- organic matter,
- basin change,
- δ¹³C,
- δ¹⁵N,
- TOC/TN,
- Yalu River

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