DEPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PENGHU SUBMARINE CANYON IN THE NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CHINA SEA

NIE Xin; LUO Weidong; ZHOU Jiao

doi:10.16028/j.1009-2722.2017.08003

2017 Vol. 33, No. 8

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NIE Xin, LUO Weidong, ZHOU Jiao. DEPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PENGHU SUBMARINE CANYON IN THE NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CHINA SEA[J]. Marine Geology Frontiers, 2017, 33(8): 18-23. doi: 10.16028/j.1009-2722.2017.08003

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NIE Xin, LUO Weidong, ZHOU Jiao. DEPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PENGHU SUBMARINE CANYON IN THE NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CHINA SEA[J]. Marine Geology Frontiers, 2017, 33(8): 18-23. doi: 10.16028/j.1009-2722.2017.08003

DEPOSITIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PENGHU SUBMARINE CANYON IN THE NORTHEASTERN SOUTH CHINA SEA

Key Laboratory of Marine Mineral Resources, Ministry of Land and Resources, Guangzhou 510075, China; Guangzhou Marine Geological Survey, China Geological Survey, Guangzhou 510075, China

Received Date: 19 June 2017

Publish Date: 28 August 2017

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Abstract

Submarine canyons, a kind of elongated, narrow and deep negative reliefs, are common at active or passive continental margins. The Penghu submarine canyons are characterized by large slope and complex landform. High resolution single-channel 2-D seismic data are used in this paper to identify submarine canyons. Data shows that the canyons are generally in" V" shape or" U" shape, or "U" shape with a wide bottom in seismic profiles. Strong erosional features are commonly observed in the upper reaches of the canyons. There secondary grooves and slope gullies without sediment infilling are quite common. The formation of the Penghu submarine canyons is related to the sea level change during the late Quaternary. In the low water stage, the shelf was widely exposed to air and deposition occurred only in the area out of the shelf or even on the upper slope. Active gravity flow contributed to the formation of the submarine canyons.
- Penghu submarine canyons /
- sediment waves /
- gravity flow /
- collapse

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