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Strata sequence and paleochannel response to tectonic, sea-level, and Asian monsoon variability since the late Pleistocene in the South Yellow Sea

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Liyan Wang Open the ORCID record for Liyan Wang [Opens in a new window] ,
Guangxue Li ,
Jishang Xu ,
Yong Liu ,
Lulu Qiao ,
Dong Ding ,
Jichao Yang ,
Olusegun A. Dada  and
Qian Li
Liyan Wang
Affiliation:
Key Lab of Submarine Sciences and Prospecting Techniques, MOE, and College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, People's Republic of China
Guangxue Li*
Affiliation:
Key Lab of Submarine Sciences and Prospecting Techniques, MOE, and College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, People's Republic of China
Jishang Xu*
Affiliation:
Key Lab of Submarine Sciences and Prospecting Techniques, MOE, and College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, People's Republic of China
Yong Liu
Affiliation:
Key Lab of Submarine Sciences and Prospecting Techniques, MOE, and College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, People's Republic of China
Lulu Qiao
Affiliation:
Key Lab of Submarine Sciences and Prospecting Techniques, MOE, and College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, People's Republic of China
Dong Ding
Affiliation:
Key Lab of Submarine Sciences and Prospecting Techniques, MOE, and College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, People's Republic of China
Jichao Yang
Affiliation:
National Deep Sea Center, State Oceanic Administration, Qingdao 266237, People's Republic of China
Olusegun A. Dada
Affiliation:
Department of Marine Science and Technology, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria340252
Qian Li
Affiliation:
Key Lab of Submarine Sciences and Prospecting Techniques, MOE, and College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, People's Republic of China
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*Corresponding authors at e-mail addresses: estuary@ouc.edu.cn (G. Li); jishangxu@ouc.edu.cn (J. Xu).
*Corresponding authors at e-mail addresses: estuary@ouc.edu.cn (G. Li); jishangxu@ouc.edu.cn (J. Xu).
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Abstract

The continental shelf strata provide information regarding sea-level fluctuation and climate changes in the Quaternary period. A 5831.47-km-long high-resolution seismic profile and borehole core (YS01) were acquired to reconstruct the evolutionary history of the strata in South Yellow Sea (SYS) during the late Pleistocene. The strata recorded three transgression events (HI, HII, and HIII) and three stages of paleochannel development (LI, LII, and LIII). Based on the distribution, thickness, and volume of the strata formed in the three transgressions, we concluded that the scale of the three transgressions during the late Pleistocene was HIII, HI, and HII, in descending order. In addition, our data show that the Yellow River extended to the Yellow Sea Trough during the last glacial maximum. The influence of the tectonic framework on sedimentation in the SYS was completely concealed by sea-level changes and sediment supply in the late Pleistocene (~Marine Isotope Stage 5). Since then, the accommodation space, a crucial prerequisite for sedimentation, has been controlled solely by sea-level changes in the SYS. Furthermore, two “source to sink” models of the neritic shelf in the marine and terrestrial environments were established, including high sea-level and shelf-exposure models.

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South Yellow SeaStratigraphic sequencePaleochannelSea-level changesAsian summer monsoon
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Quaternary Research , Volume 92 , Issue 2 , September 2019 , pp. 450 - 468
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Copyright © University of Washington. Published by Cambridge University Press, 2019 

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