Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Radial Sand Ridge System of Jiangsu Coast, East China: Implication for Sediment Provenance

作     者：Jinbao Su Wenbo Rao Yigang Wang Changping Mao 

作者机构：School of Earth Sciences and Engineering Hohai University School of Harbour Coastal and Offshore Engineering Hohai University 

出 版 物：《Journal of Earth Science》 (地球科学学刊（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2018年第29卷第1期

页      面：144-154页

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学科分类：070801[理学-固体地球物理学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0708[理学-地球物理学] 0816[工学-测绘科学与技术] 

基　　金：supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 41202154, 41273015) the National Key Technology Research and Development Program (No. 2012BAB03B01) the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 2015B16914) 

主　　题：Yellow Sea Jiangsu coast radial sand ridge zircon geochronology sediment provenance. 

摘      要：The radial sand ridge system （RSRS） located at Jiangsu coast of China attracts much attention on its origin and mechanic of formation for its special structure and potential land resource. Due to complicated hydrodynamic condition, the Jiangsu RSRS is a hot debated on its potential sources, Yangtze River or Yellow River？ We collected ten sand samples from surface sediments along the west coast of Bohai Sea and Yellow Sea from the modern Yellow River estuary to Yangtze River estuary in summer, 2013. The samples are analyzed by method of detrital zircon age for source identification of the RSRS sediments. The U-Pb age spectra of detrital zircon grains of the samples show a wide range from Cenozoic to Late Archean with several age peaks. Comparing the age spectra between the Yangtze River and the Yellow River, the detrital zircons have younger age （〈100 Ma） group in the Yangtze River. These age distribution of the Jiangsu coastal RSRS sediments are similar to that of the Yangtze River, but different from the Yellow River. The samples located adjacent to the old Yellow River Delta show more wide-range age distribution, implying a compounded origination from the both rivers. Based on these findings it is proposed that, contrary to common opinion, the main sediment source of the Jiangsu RSRS is the Yangtze River, rather than the Yellow River. By implication, there should be evidence of hydrodynamic mechanics of oceanic currents and tidal motion. This aspect awaits confirmation in future research.