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Slope and in the Gaoping Submarine Canyon off SW Taiwan
Journal of Marine Systems 76 (2009) 367–368
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Journal of Marine Systems j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w. e l s ev i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / j m a r s y s
Preface
Fate of Terrestrial Substances in the Gaoping (Kaoping) Shelf/Slope and in the Gaoping Submarine Canyon off SW Taiwan This special issue is a collection of 11 interesting papers related to studies of the dispersal of terrigenous substances from the source area of a high-standing island to the pathway and sink regions that include the shelf, slope, and a submarine canyon located in a tectonically active setting that is also influenced by the monsoon climate and typhoons. These studies are directly and indirectly a part of an interdisciplinary research program called ‘Fate of the terrestrial substances in the Gaoping (formerly spelled Kaoping, the new spelling is according to the latest government’s directive) Submarine Canyon (FATES-KP) whose goal is to investigate the source, pathway, transport, and fate of sediments in a river-sea system consisting of a small mountainous river (Gaoping River, KPR) and the adjacent Gaoping (Kaoping) Submarine Canyon (KPSC) on a wave-dominated micro-tidal coast off southern Taiwan. The sedimentation system of Gaoping (Koaping) River, Shelf, and Submarine Canyon (KPRSC) is an exciting natural laboratory to study source-to-sink related scientific issues in the face of typhoons and earthquakes. KPR is an efficient conduit for the delivery of natural and anthropogenic substances to the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. The KPSC is a two-way conduit for the seaward transport of terrestrial substances from KPR and shelf and landward transport of distant biogenic particles such as forams (Liu and Lin, 2004; Lin et al., 2005; and Liu et al., 2006). It is an effective trap especially for fine-grained terrigenous sediment. Three types of water masses are found in KPSC: the effluent from KPR, South China Sea and Kuroshio waters. Barotropic and baroclinic tidal forcings are both important in the canyon. Internal tides have a strong presence in the canyon. Typhoons could trigger system-wide oceanic floods in distal and proximal phases (Liu et al., 2006). Subsequently, the papers in this special issue cover a wide range of source-to-sink topics, consisting of the geological framework of the KPSC (Yu et al., 2009-this issue); submarine canyon physical oceanography and internal tides (Lee et al., 2009a-this issue, b-this issue); sedimentation dynamics and rates (Liu et al., 2009athis issue; Huh et al., 2009-this issue); river and estuarine geochemistry (Chung et al., 2009-this issue; Wang et al., 2009-this issue); geochemical tracers of natural and anthro0924-7963/$ – see front matter © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.08.005
pogenic materials (Fang et al., 2009-this issue; Hung et al., 2009-this issue; and Horng et al., 2009-this issue); and remote sensing (Liu et al., 2009b-this issue). All papers in this special issue have gone through rigorous peer review process by international reviewers mostly located outside Taiwan (with two exceptions) following the guidelines of Journal of Marine Systems. We wish to express our sincere gratitude to our reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions to improve all the manuscripts. We also want to thank Ms. Hsiao-wei Hsu for her editorial assistance. References Chung, C.-H., You, C.F., Chu, H.-Y., 2009. Weathering Sources in the Gaoping (Kaoping) River Catchments, Southwestern Taiwan: Insights from Major Elements, Sr Isotopes, and Rare Earth Elements. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 433–443 (this issue). Fang, M.-D., Chang, W.-K., Lee, C.-L., Liu, J.T., 2009. The Use of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons as a Particulate Tracer in the Water Column of Gaoping (Kaoping) Submarine Canyon. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 457–467 (this issue). Horng, C.-S., Huh, C.-A., Chen, K.-H., Huang, P.-R., Hsiung, K.-H., Lin, H.-L., 2009. Air Pollution History Elucidated from Anthropogenic Spherules and Their Magnetic Signatures in Marine Sediments offshore of Southwestern Taiwan. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 468–478 (this issue). Huh, C.-A., Lin, H.-L., Lin, S.W., Huang, Y.-W., 2009. Modern Accumulation Rates and a Budget of Sediment off the Gaoping (Kaoping) River, SW Taiwan: A Tidal and Flood Dominated Depositional Environment around a Submarine Canyon. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 405–416 (this issue). Hung, J.-J., Lu, C.-T., Huh, C.-A., Liu, J.T., 2009. Geochemical controls on distributions and speciation of As and Hg in sediments along the Gaoping (Kaoping) Estuary-Canyon system off southwestern Taiwan. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 479–495 (this issue). Lee, I.-H., Lien, R.-C., Liu, J.T., Chuang, W.-S., 2009a. Turbulent Mixing and Internal Tides in Gaoping (Kaoping) Submarine Canyon, Taiwan. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 383–396 (this issue). Lee, I.-H., Wang, Y.-H., Liu, J.T., Chuang, W.-S., 2009. Internal Tidal Currents in the Gaoping (Kaoping) Submarine Canyon. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 417–432 (this issue). LinH.-L., H.-L., LiuJ.T., J.T., HungG.-W., G.-W., 2005. Foraminiferal shells in sediment traps: implications of biogenic particle transport in the Kaoping Submarine Canyon. Cont. Shelf Res. 25, 2261–2272. Liu, J.T., Lin, H.-L., 2004. Sediment dynamics in a submarine canyon: a case of river-sea interaction. Mar. Geol. 207 (1-4), 55–81. Liu, J.T., Lin, H.-L., Hung, J.-J., 2006. A submarine canyon conduit under typhoon conditions off Southern Taiwan. Deep-sea res. I 53, 223–240. Liu, J.T., Hung, J.-J., Lin, H.-L., Huh, C.-A., Lee, C.-L., Hsu, R.-T., Huang, Y.-W., Chu, J.-C., 2009. From Suspended Particles to Strata: The Fate of
368 Terrestrial Substances in the Gaoping (Kaoping) Submarine Canyon. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 417–432 (this issue). C.-C.Liu, C.-C., C.-H.Chang, C.-H., C.-G.Wen, C.-G., C.-H.Huang, C.-H., J.-J.Hung, J.-J., J.T.Liu, J.T., 2009. Using Satellite Observations of Ocean Color to Categorize the Dispersal Patterns of River-Borne Substances in the Gaoping (Kaoping) River, Shelf and Canyon System. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 496–510 (this issue). R.-M.Wang, R.-M., C.-F.You, C.-F., H.-Y.Chu, H.-Y., J.-J.Hung, J.-J., 2009. Seasonal Variability of Dissolved Major and Trace Elements in the Gaoping (Kaoping) River Estuary, Southwestern Taiwan. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 444–456 (this issue).
Preface H.-S.Yu, H.-S., C.-S.Chiang, C.-S., S.-M.Shen, S.-M., 2009. Tectonically Active Sediment Dispersal System in SW Taiwan Margin with Emphasis on the Gaoping (Kaoping) Submarine Canyon. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 369–382 (this issue).
James T. Liu Institute of Marine Geology and Chemistry, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan, ROC Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected]. Chih-An Huh Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan, ROC E-mail address: [email protected]. Chen-Feng You Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, ROC E-mail address: [email protected].
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Journal of Marine Systems j o u r n a l h o m e p a g e : w w w. e l s ev i e r. c o m / l o c a t e / j m a r s y s
Preface
Fate of Terrestrial Substances in the Gaoping (Kaoping) Shelf/Slope and in the Gaoping Submarine Canyon off SW Taiwan This special issue is a collection of 11 interesting papers related to studies of the dispersal of terrigenous substances from the source area of a high-standing island to the pathway and sink regions that include the shelf, slope, and a submarine canyon located in a tectonically active setting that is also influenced by the monsoon climate and typhoons. These studies are directly and indirectly a part of an interdisciplinary research program called ‘Fate of the terrestrial substances in the Gaoping (formerly spelled Kaoping, the new spelling is according to the latest government’s directive) Submarine Canyon (FATES-KP) whose goal is to investigate the source, pathway, transport, and fate of sediments in a river-sea system consisting of a small mountainous river (Gaoping River, KPR) and the adjacent Gaoping (Kaoping) Submarine Canyon (KPSC) on a wave-dominated micro-tidal coast off southern Taiwan. The sedimentation system of Gaoping (Koaping) River, Shelf, and Submarine Canyon (KPRSC) is an exciting natural laboratory to study source-to-sink related scientific issues in the face of typhoons and earthquakes. KPR is an efficient conduit for the delivery of natural and anthropogenic substances to the Taiwan Strait and the South China Sea. The KPSC is a two-way conduit for the seaward transport of terrestrial substances from KPR and shelf and landward transport of distant biogenic particles such as forams (Liu and Lin, 2004; Lin et al., 2005; and Liu et al., 2006). It is an effective trap especially for fine-grained terrigenous sediment. Three types of water masses are found in KPSC: the effluent from KPR, South China Sea and Kuroshio waters. Barotropic and baroclinic tidal forcings are both important in the canyon. Internal tides have a strong presence in the canyon. Typhoons could trigger system-wide oceanic floods in distal and proximal phases (Liu et al., 2006). Subsequently, the papers in this special issue cover a wide range of source-to-sink topics, consisting of the geological framework of the KPSC (Yu et al., 2009-this issue); submarine canyon physical oceanography and internal tides (Lee et al., 2009a-this issue, b-this issue); sedimentation dynamics and rates (Liu et al., 2009athis issue; Huh et al., 2009-this issue); river and estuarine geochemistry (Chung et al., 2009-this issue; Wang et al., 2009-this issue); geochemical tracers of natural and anthro0924-7963/$ – see front matter © 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2008.08.005
pogenic materials (Fang et al., 2009-this issue; Hung et al., 2009-this issue; and Horng et al., 2009-this issue); and remote sensing (Liu et al., 2009b-this issue). All papers in this special issue have gone through rigorous peer review process by international reviewers mostly located outside Taiwan (with two exceptions) following the guidelines of Journal of Marine Systems. We wish to express our sincere gratitude to our reviewers for their helpful comments and suggestions to improve all the manuscripts. We also want to thank Ms. Hsiao-wei Hsu for her editorial assistance. References Chung, C.-H., You, C.F., Chu, H.-Y., 2009. Weathering Sources in the Gaoping (Kaoping) River Catchments, Southwestern Taiwan: Insights from Major Elements, Sr Isotopes, and Rare Earth Elements. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 433–443 (this issue). Fang, M.-D., Chang, W.-K., Lee, C.-L., Liu, J.T., 2009. The Use of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons as a Particulate Tracer in the Water Column of Gaoping (Kaoping) Submarine Canyon. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 457–467 (this issue). Horng, C.-S., Huh, C.-A., Chen, K.-H., Huang, P.-R., Hsiung, K.-H., Lin, H.-L., 2009. Air Pollution History Elucidated from Anthropogenic Spherules and Their Magnetic Signatures in Marine Sediments offshore of Southwestern Taiwan. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 468–478 (this issue). Huh, C.-A., Lin, H.-L., Lin, S.W., Huang, Y.-W., 2009. Modern Accumulation Rates and a Budget of Sediment off the Gaoping (Kaoping) River, SW Taiwan: A Tidal and Flood Dominated Depositional Environment around a Submarine Canyon. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 405–416 (this issue). Hung, J.-J., Lu, C.-T., Huh, C.-A., Liu, J.T., 2009. Geochemical controls on distributions and speciation of As and Hg in sediments along the Gaoping (Kaoping) Estuary-Canyon system off southwestern Taiwan. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 479–495 (this issue). Lee, I.-H., Lien, R.-C., Liu, J.T., Chuang, W.-S., 2009a. Turbulent Mixing and Internal Tides in Gaoping (Kaoping) Submarine Canyon, Taiwan. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 383–396 (this issue). Lee, I.-H., Wang, Y.-H., Liu, J.T., Chuang, W.-S., 2009. Internal Tidal Currents in the Gaoping (Kaoping) Submarine Canyon. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 417–432 (this issue). LinH.-L., H.-L., LiuJ.T., J.T., HungG.-W., G.-W., 2005. Foraminiferal shells in sediment traps: implications of biogenic particle transport in the Kaoping Submarine Canyon. Cont. Shelf Res. 25, 2261–2272. Liu, J.T., Lin, H.-L., 2004. Sediment dynamics in a submarine canyon: a case of river-sea interaction. Mar. Geol. 207 (1-4), 55–81. Liu, J.T., Lin, H.-L., Hung, J.-J., 2006. A submarine canyon conduit under typhoon conditions off Southern Taiwan. Deep-sea res. I 53, 223–240. Liu, J.T., Hung, J.-J., Lin, H.-L., Huh, C.-A., Lee, C.-L., Hsu, R.-T., Huang, Y.-W., Chu, J.-C., 2009. From Suspended Particles to Strata: The Fate of
368 Terrestrial Substances in the Gaoping (Kaoping) Submarine Canyon. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 417–432 (this issue). C.-C.Liu, C.-C., C.-H.Chang, C.-H., C.-G.Wen, C.-G., C.-H.Huang, C.-H., J.-J.Hung, J.-J., J.T.Liu, J.T., 2009. Using Satellite Observations of Ocean Color to Categorize the Dispersal Patterns of River-Borne Substances in the Gaoping (Kaoping) River, Shelf and Canyon System. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 496–510 (this issue). R.-M.Wang, R.-M., C.-F.You, C.-F., H.-Y.Chu, H.-Y., J.-J.Hung, J.-J., 2009. Seasonal Variability of Dissolved Major and Trace Elements in the Gaoping (Kaoping) River Estuary, Southwestern Taiwan. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 444–456 (this issue).
Preface H.-S.Yu, H.-S., C.-S.Chiang, C.-S., S.-M.Shen, S.-M., 2009. Tectonically Active Sediment Dispersal System in SW Taiwan Margin with Emphasis on the Gaoping (Kaoping) Submarine Canyon. J. Mar. Syst. 76, 369–382 (this issue).
James T. Liu Institute of Marine Geology and Chemistry, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, 80424, Taiwan, ROC Corresponding author. E-mail address: [email protected]. Chih-An Huh Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, 11529, Taiwan, ROC E-mail address: [email protected]. Chen-Feng You Department of Earth Sciences, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan, 701, Taiwan, ROC E-mail address: [email protected].