1. Quantitative Provenance Analysis of Sediments in the Changjiang (Yangtze) River (China)
- Author
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Eduardo Garzanti, Giovanni Vezzoli, Mara Limonta, Shouye Yang, Janardhana Raju, N, Vezzoli, G, Limonta, M, Garzanti, E, and Yang, S
- Subjects
Hydrology ,Delta ,geography ,Provenance ,geography.geographical_feature_category ,Changjiang (Yangtze) River ,Present-day river sediment ,Drainage basin ,Sediment ,C ompositional data analysi ,Tributary ,Yangtze river ,Quantitative provenance analysi ,GEO/02 - GEOLOGIA STRATIGRAFICA E SEDIMENTOLOGICA ,Compositional data ,China ,Geomorphology ,Log-Ratio ,Geology - Abstract
We use quantitative provenance analysis (geochemical analysis; high- resolution bulk-petrography and heavy-mineral analysis, exploratory compositional data analysis and Aitchison distance) on present-day river sediments of the Changjiang (Yangtze) River to quantify the contributions of each tributary to the Changjiang River Delta, and thus to evaluate sediment provenance in the distinct p arts of the drainage basin.
- Published
- 2016