The fate of organic carbon burial in the river-dominated East China Sea: Evidence from sediment geochemical records of the last 70 years

• Published in: Organic geochemistry Vol. 143; p. 103999
• Main Authors: Sun, Xueshi, Fan, Dejiang, Liu, Ming, Liao, Huijie, Tian, Yuan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.05.2020
• Subjects: calcium; cesium radioisotopes; chlorophyll; conservation practices; dams (hydrology); dissolved inorganic nitrogen; East China Sea; fertilizers; global carbon budget; Human activities; hydrodynamics; lead; nitrogen; Organic carbon; phosphates; pollution load; riparian areas; rivers; Sediment record; sediment yield; sediments; soil conservation; stable isotopes; trace elements; watersheds; Yangtze River; zirconium; East China Sea; Yangtze River; Human activities; Organic carbon; Sediment record; East China Sea

•Human induced-river damming and cultivated land changes controlled the export of terrestrial organic carbon to the ocean.•Marine productivity increased due to increasing nutrient supply, following the use of N and P fertilizers.•Organic carbon burial fluxes were regulated by changes in sedimentatio...