Author(s)

Geoffrey Bonney

Affiliation(s)

Central South University of Forestry and Technology, Changsha, 410083, Hunan, China.

Corresponding Author

Geoffrey Bonney

ABSTRACT

The study of sedimentary environment changes in offshore waters is an important part of marine sedimentation research. This article analyzes and compiles the research results of the sedimentary environment in coastal waters in my country in the past 20 years, mainly including Bohai Bay-Yellow River Estuary, Yangtze River Estuary-Hangzhou Bay, Taiwan Strait, Pearl River Estuary and East China Sea and South China Sea areas. From different regions across the country, the research results include 4 sedimentary types in the Bohai Bay and 4 stages of the formation of the Yellow River Delta; 8 sedimentary environment zones from the Yangtze River Estuary to Hangzhou Bay; 3 sedimentary environment zones in the Taiwan Strait; 2 sedimentary environment zones in the Pearl River Estuary; cycle changes; three sea areas with different ecological environments in the South China Sea and four types of sedimentary areas in its north. Generally speaking, in the future, research on changes in the sedimentary environment in my country's coastal waters should be conducted from the perspective of the changes in the sedimentary environment of the entire coastal zone, through analysis and comparison of multiple characteristics; at the same time, research needs to strengthen dynamic observations of modern sedimentary environment changes, and conduct in-depth understanding of the dynamics of sedimentation and its relationship with the sedimentary environment. Research on environmental relationships.

KEYWORDS

Quaternary geology; Marine geology; Coastal zone; Sedimentary environment

CITE THIS PAPER

Geoffrey Bonney. Study on the current situation of changes in quaternary sedimentary environment in coastal areas. Frontiers in Environmental Research. 2024, 2(1): 5-12. DOI: 10.61784/fer240114.

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