Morphology of Detrital Zircon as a Fingerprint to Trace Sediment Provenance: Case Study of the Yangtze Delta

Morphology of Detrital Zircon as a Fingerprint to Trace Sediment Provenance: Case Study of the Yangtze Delta

Deltaic areas and marginal seas are important archives that document information on regional tectonic movement, sea level rise, river evolution, and climate change. Here, sediment samples from boreholes of the Yangtze Delta and the modern Yangtze drainage were collected. A quantitative analysis of d...

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Main Authors: Wei Yue, Xiyuan Yue, Lingmin Zhang, Xianbin Liu, Jian Song
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-07-01
Series:Minerals
Subjects:
sediment provenance
zircon morphology
Quaternary
the Yangtze Delta
elongation
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/9/7/438

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