Sedimentary provenance perspectives on the evolution of the major rivers draining the eastern Tibetan Plateau

Z Zhang, JS Daly, Y Tian, S Tyrrell, X Sun… - Earth-Science …, 2022 - Elsevier
The origin and development of the major rivers in the eastern Tibetan Plateau have been a
special focus of research because of the close links recognized between river formation …

Provenance discrimination of sediments in the Zhejiang-Fujian mud belt, East China Sea: Implications for the development of the mud depocenter

X Liu, A Li, J Dong, J Lu, J Huang, S Wan - Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2018 - Elsevier
In the past decade, the 800 km elongated mud belt off Zhejiang-Fujian coast, East China
Sea (ECS), has been extensively studied for understanding the source to sink processes on …

Provenance versus weathering control on sediment composition in tropical monsoonal climate (South China)-1. Geochemistry and clay mineralogy

J He, E Garzanti, P Dinis, S Yang, H Wang - Chemical Geology, 2020 - Elsevier
This study presents an integrated mineralogical and geochemical database on mud and
sand transported by the Pearl River (Zhujiang) and coastal rivers of SE China. Clay …

Mineralogy and geochemistry of modern Yellow River sediments: Implications for weathering and provenance

H Pang, B Pan, E Garzanti, H Gao, X Zhao, D Chen - Chemical Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
This study illustrates the textural, mineralogical and geochemical signatures of sediments
from the upper Yellow River. Sediments of major tributaries have also been examined to …

Spatiotemporal variation of Li isotopes in the Yarlung Tsangpo River basin (upper reaches of the Brahmaputra River): Source and process

JW Zhang, YN Yan, ZQ Zhao, XM Liu, XD Li… - Earth and Planetary …, 2022 - Elsevier
The increase in marine Li isotope composition (δ 7 Li,∼ 9‰) since the Cenozoic is possibly
related to continental chemical weathering associated with tectonic uplift (eg, the Tibetan …

Birth of the Yangtze River: age and tectonic-geomorphic implications

H Zheng - National Science Review, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Large river systems are an integral and essential component of Earth dynamics. The
development of large river systems in Asia is closely linked to the evolving topography …

Dispersal mechanism of fine-grained sediment in the modern mud belt of the East China Sea

G Xu, S Bi, M Gugliotta, J Liu, JP Liu - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Mud deposition is common on continental shelves worldwide, resulting from various
dispersal behaviors of fine-grained sediments. The mud belt found in the East China Sea …

Erosion patterns in the Changjiang (Yangtze River) catchment revealed by bulk-sample versus single-mineral provenance budgets

G Vezzoli, E Garzanti, M Limonta, S Andò, S Yang - Geomorphology, 2016 - Elsevier
The Changjiang, the fourth longest river on Earth and the largest in Eurasia, has a complex
sediment-routing system presently interrupted by the Three Gorges Dam, the world's largest …

Controls on erosion intensity in the Yangtze River basin tracked by U–Pb detrital zircon dating

M He, H Zheng, B Bookhagen, PD Clift - Earth-Science Reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract The Yangtze River dominates the drainage of eastern Asia, yet the processes that
control erosion within the basin are obscure, making the interpretation of the detritus record …

Behavioral differences between weathering and pedogenesis in a subtropical humid granitic terrain: Implications for chemical weathering intensity evaluation

H Mei, X Jian, W Zhang, H Fu, S Zhang - Catena, 2021 - Elsevier
Continental weathering plays a crucial role in the evolution of the Earth's surface by linking
Earth's spheres, shaping landscapes and regulating chemical cycles and global climate …