On the composition of rare earth elements of suspended substance in lower reach of the Yangtze River and main rivers in Zhejiang Province in dry season

JIA Xianming; CHEN Jian; WANG Keyu; FENG Qiying; LI Yunhai; LI Maosen

doi:10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2023052902

2024 Vol. 44, No. 4

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JIA Xianming, CHEN Jian, WANG Keyu, FENG Qiying, LI Yunhai, LI Maosen. On the composition of rare earth elements of suspended substance in lower reach of the Yangtze River and main rivers in Zhejiang Province in dry season[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2024, 44(4): 88-98. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2023052902

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JIA Xianming, CHEN Jian, WANG Keyu, FENG Qiying, LI Yunhai, LI Maosen. On the composition of rare earth elements of suspended substance in lower reach of the Yangtze River and main rivers in Zhejiang Province in dry season[J]. Marine Geology & Quaternary Geology, 2024, 44(4): 88-98. doi: 10.16562/j.cnki.0256-1492.2023052902

On the composition of rare earth elements of suspended substance in lower reach of the Yangtze River and main rivers in Zhejiang Province in dry season

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College of Marine Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai 201306 , China
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Third Institute of Oceanography, Ministry of Natural Resources, Xiamen 361005, China
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Fujian Provincial Key Laboratory of Marine Physical and Geological Processes, Xiamen 361005, China
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College of Earth Sciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
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College of Advanced Manufacturing, Fuzhou University, Jinjiang 362200, China

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Corresponding author: CHEN Jian, chenjian@tio.org.cn

Received Date: 29 May 2023

Revised Date: 19 September 2023

Publish Date: 28 August 2024

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Sixty-four samples of suspended substance were collected in October–November, 2021 from the lower reaches of Yangtze River and major rivers in Zhejiang Province in dry season, from which the differences of distribution characteristics of rare earth elements (REEs) and provenance indication of the suspended substance were discussed. Results show that the average REE contents in the suspended substance from the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Qiantang River, Jiaojiang River, and Oujiang River in dry season were about 209.52, 173.64, 211.86, and 228.70 mg/kg, respectively, and the contents of REEs of the Qiantang River and the Oujiang River were obviously higher than previous data. The normalized partition curve against the value of North American Shale Composition (NASC) was gentle in general and slightly incline to the right, with obvious MREE enrichment, which is consistent in overall with the previous studies of the Yangtze River and major rivers in Zhejiang Province. The diagrams of (La/Yb)_NASC vs (La/G)_NASC, the index of (La/Yb)_NASC, and (La/Gd)_NASC were used to distinguish provenance of the Yangtze River from rivers in Zhejiang Province. The distribution scope of (La/Yb)_NASC and (La/Gd)_NASC of suspended substance of this study is more concentrated than those of the historical data, which mean that suspended substance could be used for river provenance study.
- suspended substance /
- rare earth elements /
- provenance /
- the Yangtze River /
- Rivers of Zhejiang Province

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