Sediment Budget in the Taiwan Strait with High Fluvial Sediment Inputs from Mountainous Rivers: New Observations and Synthesis

Sediment Budget in the Taiwan Strait with High Fluvial Sediment Inputs from Mountainous Rivers: New Observations and Synthesis

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The shallow Taiwan Strait at the southern opening of the East China Sea (ECS) receives abundant sediments from turbid mountainous rivers in Taiwan. The volume of sediment is among the highest sediment yields on the global surface. This large amount of sediment discharged from modern Taiwan (range: 1...

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Main Authors: Shuh-Ji Kao, Sen Jan, Shih-Chieh Hsu, Tsung-You Lee, and Minhan Dai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Chinese Geoscience Union 2008-01-01
Series:Terrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences
Subjects:
geophysics
geology
atmospheric science
space science
oceanic science
hydrology
Online Access: http://tao.cgu.org.tw/pdf/v195p525.pdf

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