Geochemical Behavior of Rare Earth Elements in Tidal Flat Sediments from Qidong Cape, Yangtze River Estuary: Implications for the Study of Sedimentary Environmental Change
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Study Area
3. Materials and Methods
3.1. Sampling
3.2. Laboratory Analyses
3.3. Data Processing
4. Results
4.1. REE Concentration
4.2. REE-Normalized Patterns
5. Discussion
5.1. Anomalies of Ce and Eu
5.2. Discrimination of Sediment Source
5.3. Change in Sedimentary Dynamic
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Plasma power | 1280 W |
Reflected power | <2 W |
Cooling gas | 14.5 L/min |
Auxiliary gas | 0.8 L/min |
Sampling gas | 0.85/min |
Points per peak | 15 |
Resolution | 300, 4000, 10,000 |
Parameters | REE/(μg/g) | LREE/(μg/g) | HREE/(μg/g) | LREE/HREE | Data Source |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Min | 160.99 | 143.98 | 16.34 | 8.15 | This paper |
Max | 216.84 | 195.23 | 21.61 | 9.03 | This paper |
Average | 178.57 | 160.07 | 18.50 | 8.66 | This paper |
the Yangtze River | 211.10 | 193.19 | 17.91 | 10.79 | [44] |
the Yellow River | 131.56 | 120.00 | 11.56 | 10.38 | [44] |
the South Yellow Sea | 170.22 | 152.87 | 17.35 | 8.81 | [43] |
The Type of Tide | Flux | Lianxing Port Station | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Flood Tide | Ebb Tide | Net Load | ||
Spring tide | Flow/108 m3 | 19.59 | 18.09 | −1.50 |
Sediment/104 t | 293.7 | 221.20 | −72.50 | |
Medium tide | Flow/108 m3 | 14.81 | 13.23 | −1.58 |
Sediment/104 t | 165.00 | 107.00 | 58.00 | |
Neap tide | Flow/108 m3 | 8.64 | 6.84 | 1.80 |
Sediment/104 t | 29.27 | 15.45 | −13.82 |
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Zhang, Y.; Zhang, Z.; Stephenson, W.; Chen, Y. Geochemical Behavior of Rare Earth Elements in Tidal Flat Sediments from Qidong Cape, Yangtze River Estuary: Implications for the Study of Sedimentary Environmental Change. Land 2024, 13, 1425. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13091425
Zhang Y, Zhang Z, Stephenson W, Chen Y. Geochemical Behavior of Rare Earth Elements in Tidal Flat Sediments from Qidong Cape, Yangtze River Estuary: Implications for the Study of Sedimentary Environmental Change. Land. 2024; 13(9):1425. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13091425
Chicago/Turabian StyleZhang, Yunfeng, Zhenke Zhang, Wayne Stephenson, and Yingying Chen. 2024. "Geochemical Behavior of Rare Earth Elements in Tidal Flat Sediments from Qidong Cape, Yangtze River Estuary: Implications for the Study of Sedimentary Environmental Change" Land 13, no. 9: 1425. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13091425