Yangtze River of China: historical analysis of discharge variability and sediment flux

Chen, Zhongyuan; Li, Jiufa; Huanting, Shen; Wang, Zhanghua

doi:10.1016/s0169-555x(01)00106-4

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“…1) are the largest rivers in North America and Asia, respectively. Their geological and hydrological conditions and geomorphological evolution have previously been reported for the Mississippi River (Meade et al, 1995;Colman et al, 1998;Roberts, 1998;Day et al, 2007;Bianchi & Allison, 2009;Blum & Roberts, 2009;Horowitz, 2009;Meade & Moody, 2010;Allison et al, 2012) and the Yangtze River (Chen et al, 2001;Yang et al, 2002;Xu et al, 2006;Yang et al, 2006;Xu & Milliman, 2009;Yang et al, 2011). However, only a few papers have directly compared these two rivers (Xu et al, 2007;Bianchi & Allison, 2009).…”

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A comparative study of the flux and fate of the Mississippi and Yangtze river sediments

Yang

2015

Proc. IAHS

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Large rivers play a key role in delivering water and sediment into the global oceans. Large-river deltas and associated coastlines are important interfaces for material fluxes that have a global impact on marine processes. In this study, we compare water and sediment discharge from Mississippi and Yangtze rivers by assessing: (1) temporal variation under varying climatic and anthropogenic impacts, (2) delta response of the declining sediment discharge, and (3) deltaic lobe switching and Holocene sediment dispersal patterns on the adjacent continental shelves. Dam constructions have decreased both rivers' sediment discharge significantly, leading to shoreline retreat along the coast. The sediment dispersal of the river-dominated Mississippi Delta is localized but for the tide-dominated Yangtze Delta is more diffuse and influenced by longshore currents. Sediment declines and relative sea level rises have led to coastal erosion, endangering the coasts of both rivers.

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A comparative study of the flux and fate of the Mississippi and Yangtze river sediments

Yang

2015

Proc. IAHS

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“…The water flow values of wet season Q wet and dry season Q dry were available on the web of China Hydrology with the unit of m 3 /s; considering the effect of tide level, the water run-off value of sampling station C14 (Datong) and PFAS concentrations in sampling station C24 (Shanghai) were applied in this equation. C s is the median value of PFASs in sediment with the unit of ng/g; Ms is the annual sediment loadings in the Yangtze River, with a reported value of 0.8 × 10 8 tons/year (Chen et al, 2001). …”

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“…The Yangtze River is the longest river in China and the third-longest in the world. It flows more than 6300 km from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau eastward to the East China Sea at Shanghai (Chen et al, 2001). It is also one of the biggest rivers by discharge volume in the world (average flow: 23 400 m 3 /s at Hankou station) (Zhang et al, 2007).…”

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Spatiotemporal distribution and mass loadings of perfluoroalkyl substances in the Yangtze River of China

Pan

Ying

Zhao

et al. 2014

Science of The Total Environment

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“…A historical maximum in human activity in the lower Yangtze region was reached during 1200-1000 BP when several ancient relics were found and agricultural activities intensified (Stanley et al, 1994(Stanley et al, , 1996Chen et al, 2001Chen et al, , 2012. Evidence for human impact through intensive cultivation and burning is particularly clear since 2000 BP, which could impact palaeoclimate records.…”

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Millennial-scale East Asian Summer Monsoon variability recorded in grain size and provenance of mud belt sediments on the inner shelf of the East China Sea during mid-to late Holocene

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Zheng

Tada

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Quaternary International

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The response of the monsoon climate on the inner shelf of the East China Sea (ECS) to abrupt climate changes events within the monsoonal Yangtze River drainage is contentious. Repositioning of the monsoon front is thought to have been responsible for the changes in hydroclimate over the Yangtze River drainage, which has exerted great impact on the sedimentation of the inner shelf of the ECS during the Holocene. Here, we present high-resolution analyses of grain size and provenance of the sediments from core MD06-3040 recovered from the inner shelf of the ECS during MD155-Marco Polo II-IMAGES XIV cruise. Significant variability occurred in the core MD06-3040 with notable decrease in East Asian Summer Monsoon precipitation (presumably drought events) at 6000 BP, 5300 BP, 4500 BP, 3700-3300 BP, 2200 BP, 1400-1300 BP, and 800-600 BP, which coincide with the 18 O w record in the northern ECS and stalagmite 18 O sp records from southern China. Similar patterns of these temporal variations suggest that the Yangtze River discharge associated with EASM precipitation has been a dominant control on the sedimentation on the inner shelf of ECS.

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Yangtze River of China: historical analysis of discharge variability and sediment flux

Cited by 389 publications

References 5 publications

A comparative study of the flux and fate of the Mississippi and Yangtze river sediments

A comparative study of the flux and fate of the Mississippi and Yangtze river sediments

Spatiotemporal distribution and mass loadings of perfluoroalkyl substances in the Yangtze River of China

Millennial-scale East Asian Summer Monsoon variability recorded in grain size and provenance of mud belt sediments on the inner shelf of the East China Sea during mid-to late Holocene

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