Changes of evolution models of China's large river deltas since Holocene and their responses to anthropogenic activities

HU Gang; ZHANG Yong; KONG Xianghuai; WU Xiao; WANG Zhanghua; YUAN Zhongpeng; CONG Jingyi

doi:10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2020122201

2021 Vol. 41, No. 5

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HU Gang, ZHANG Yong, KONG Xianghuai, WU Xiao, WANG Zhanghua, YUAN Zhongpeng, CONG Jingyi. Changes of evolution models of China's large river deltas since Holocene and their responses to anthropogenic activities[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2021, 41(5): 77-89. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2020122201

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HU Gang, ZHANG Yong, KONG Xianghuai, WU Xiao, WANG Zhanghua, YUAN Zhongpeng, CONG Jingyi. Changes of evolution models of China's large river deltas since Holocene and their responses to anthropogenic activities[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2021, 41(5): 77-89. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2020122201

Changes of evolution models of China's large river deltas since Holocene and their responses to anthropogenic activities

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Qingdao Institute of Marine Geology, China Geological Survey, Qingdao 266237, China
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Key Laboratory of Coastal Science and Integrated Management, Ministry of Natural Resources, Qingdao 266061, China
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College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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State Key Laboratory of Estuarine and Coastal Research, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200241, China

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Corresponding author: ZHANG Yong, zhangyong@mail.cgs.gov.cn

Received Date: 22 December 2020

Revised Date: 09 June 2021

Publish Date: 28 October 2021

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As a key component of the global environmental system, deltas are located in the specific areas suffering strong land-sea interaction. Generally, the deltaic regions are rich in natural resources, densely populated, highly urbanized and active in human activities, but they are fragile in terms of ecological conditions. The China’s large deltas, i.e the Yellow River Delta, the Yangtze River Delta and the Pearl River Deltas, have played important roles in the economic development of the country and contributed much to global environmental changes. Therefore, it is significant to reveal the deltas’ evolution processes and depositional models to ensure the sustainable development of the deltas and utilization of their resources. In this paper, we summarized synthetically the evolutionary models of these deltas based on the data from regional marine geological surveys and their precious results. Since Holocene, the evolution of China’s large river deltas has suffered three stages of evolution in three time-scales with their exclusive features. By these models, the factors influencing the delta evolution are discussed on millennium, centennial, interannual time scales respectively. The evolutionary models have changed from the natural factor dominated to human factor dominated owing to the stronger anthropogenic activities. It is an urgent need to strengthen the study of estuary delta evolution under the influence of human activities, so as to provide more scientific support for the sustainable development and full use of deltaic resources in these regions.
- river delta /
- the evolution model /
- land and ocean interaction /
- anthropogenic activities /
- the Holocene

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