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Article Dans Une Revue Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface Année : 2023

The impact of changes in sea level and East Asian monsoon on sediment transport on the Sunda Shelf since the last deglaciation

Xuefa Shi
Christophe Colin
Hui Zhang
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Zhifei Liu
Xisheng Fang
Julius Nouet
Narumol Kornkanitnan
  • Fonction : Auteur

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Abstract The Sunda Shelf plays a key role in the sedimentation of the southern South China Sea (SCS). However, the impact of past climate changes on sediment transfer to the Sunda Shelf and the southern SCS is still unresolved. Here we present new data on grain size, clay mineralogy, and Sr‐Nd isotopes of three marine cores, river sediments, and surface sediments of the Sunda Shelf. The results indicate that clay fractions of the central Sunda Shelf and the Gulf of Thailand derived mainly from the Mekong River and the rivers of northern Thailand since the last deglaciation. Significant changes in sediment sources are observed at 7.5 cal ka BP. From 13.3 to 7.5 cal ka BP, sediments in the Gulf of Thailand mainly originated from the rivers of northern Thailand, with contributions from the Mekong River increasing after 7.5 cal ka BP. An opposite shift is observed in the central Sunda Shelf. Such variations in the spatial distribution result from a combination of sea level and East Asian monsoon effects. After 7.5 cal ka BP, less Mekong River sediments were transported southeastwards into the southern SCS, and more sediments were gradually trapped within the delta and transported in a southwesterly direction into the Gulf of Thailand due to intense East Asian winter monsoon which forced a strong southwestward coastal current. Our results demonstrate the important impact of East Asian winter monsoon strengthening and sea level rise in the mid‐Holocene, which can change sediment sources and transport processes on the Sunda Shelf.

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hal-04216893 , version 1 (13-10-2023)

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Kaikai Wu, Shengfa Liu, Xuefa Shi, Christophe Colin, Hui Zhang, et al.. The impact of changes in sea level and East Asian monsoon on sediment transport on the Sunda Shelf since the last deglaciation. Journal of Geophysical Research: Earth Surface, 2023, 128 (10), pp.e2023JF007335. ⟨10.1029/2023JF007335⟩. ⟨hal-04216893⟩
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