title: Storm deposition layer on the Fujian coast generated by Typhoon Saola (2012).
abstract: Typhoons have a significant effect on the marine depositional environment and depositional process. In this paper, we used the high-resolution Chirp sonar sub-bottom profiler and radioisotope detection techniques to examine the storm-deposited layer formed in the seawater near the path of Typhoon Saola along the coast of Fujian, China. The thickness of the typhoon-deposited layer acquired using these two methods was 10-25 cm. The thickness, sediment grain size, and δ(13)C values of the deposited sedimentary layer indicated that it was mainly matter from the re-suspension and redistribution of seafloor sediments. The particle sizes of the sediments in the storm-deposited layer became coarser, indicating that the fine-grade compositions spread over a wider range out of the coastal zone.
authors.affiliation: Open Laboratory for Coast &Ocean Environmental Geology, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, China.
authors.forename: Yunhai
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Open Laboratory for Coast &Ocean Environmental Geology, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, China.|College of Earth Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
authors.forename: Haidong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Department of Natural Resource Ecology &Management, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, USA.
authors.forename: Lei
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.affiliation: Open Laboratory for Coast &Ocean Environmental Geology, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, China.
authors.forename: Yonghang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Open Laboratory for Coast &Ocean Environmental Geology, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, China.
authors.forename: Xijie
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Marine Isotopic Technology and Environmental Risk Assessment, Third Institute of Oceanography, State Oceanic Administration, Xiamen, China.
authors.forename: Jianhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: He