Shouye Yang

Shouye Yang
Tongji University · State Key Laboratory of Marine Geology

Prof. PhD
Continental margin sedimentology and geochemical cycling

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Introduction
Research interests: /Sedimentary geochemistry of major rivers and marginal seas in Asia with emphases on sediment source-to-sink study / Weathering processes and geochemical cycleing in Asian continental margin / Marine sedimentology and environmental changes on various spatial and temporal scales // Methods and techniques: Mineralogy, sedimentology and elemental geochemistry, Sr-Nd-Li-U-Si isotopes https://ocean.tongji.edu.cn/space/shouye/
Additional affiliations
August 1999 - present
Tongji University
Position
  • Researcher
August 1999 - April 2016
Tongji University
Position
  • Researcher
Description
  • River and Marine geochemistry; Marine sedimentology
Education
August 1996 - August 1999
Dept. of Marine Geology, Tongji University
Field of study
  • Marine Geology
September 1992 - July 1995
Dept of Earth Science, Nanjing University
Field of study
  • Sedimentology
September 1988 - June 1992
Dept of Earth Science, Nanjing University
Field of study
  • Mineralogy

Publications

Publications (309)
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Traversing through one of Earth's most densely populated regions, the Ganga River carries the undeniable imprints of human activities. The present study aims to elucidate the relative contributions of natural weathering and anthropogenic processes in driving the dissolved load in the Upper Ganga Basin, investigating how these factors vary seasonall...
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Sr-Nd isotopes are widely utilized as reliable tracers in sediment provenance studies. In this study, we compiled 304 Sr and 335 Nd isotope data of fine-grained surface sediments collected from major rivers in eastern China, including the Huanghe River, Changjiang River, southeastern coastal rivers, and rivers in Taiwan Island, as well as from marg...
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Over the millennial timescales, climate controls erosion rates and erosional fluxes in the Himalaya. However, the role of climate, particularly the strength of the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) and Himalayan glacial cover, on the distribution of erosion over the Himalaya is poorly understood. This study presents detrital radiogenic Sr-Nd isotope comp...
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The magnesium (Mg) isotopic compositions of Tibetan Plateau rivers have been recently used to quantify silicate weathering fluxes and associated CO2 consumption. In this work, we present a systematic study on the element and Mg isotope geochemistry of rivers and lakes in the interior of the Tibetan Plateau, to improve our understanding of the magne...
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The success of artificial reefs is influenced by localised oceanographic factors including wave exposure, sedimentation rates, and proximity to natural reef environments. The Bidong Shipwreck, on the shallow shelf of the South China Sea, is a hotspot for meiobenthos. This study compared foraminifera distribution at the Bidong Shipwreck with that of...
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The demand of lithium (Li) has increased rapidly in recent decades under carbon neutrality strategies, but the environmental fate and potential risks of Li in aquatic ecosystem are barely known. This study conducted a comprehensive field survey in the Yangtze River Estuary (YRE) and the adjacent East China Sea (ECS), to investigate the spatial dist...
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Silicate weathering has long been considered to maintain the Earth's climate stability, yet how the weathering responds to the late Cenozoic cooling remains unclear, partly because of the complicated factors which obscure the weathering records. Large rivers in East Asia integrate continental weathering history, but how the source-to-sink system ev...
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The Indo-Gangetic Plain, a foreland basin, was formed by deposition of sediments derived from the Himalaya. The alluvial sediments of the Indo-Gangetic Plain are originated as a result of tectonic and climatic factors governing the exhumation and erosion of the Hinterland Himalaya and delivered to the plain via several large rivers. However, erosio...
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The stable isotopes of copper (Cu) in rivers and oceans are receiving increasing interest in their potential to trace Cu biogeochemical cycling and fingerprint Cu sources. Nonetheless, the continental sources and processes that control the Cu flux and isotope composition in large rivers, the main source of Cu to the ocean, remain to be fully unders...
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The East Asian monsoon system is generated by land-ocean thermal contrast between Asia and NW Pacific, altering the hydroclimate variability in the region. Suspended particulate matter (SPM) consists of a mixture of geochemical pools with distinct origins, evolutionary paths, behaviors and isotopic signatures. The characteristics of SPM reflect the...
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In the last decade, much attention has been devoted to Mg isotopic behavior during various weathering processes. Nonetheless, whether Mg isotopes in terrigenous siliciclastic sediments in modern oceans can reflect continental weathering regimes remains unresolved. Understanding the major controls of Mg isotope fraction-ation in siliciclastic sedime...
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Beryllium isotopes have emerged as a quantitative tracer of continental weathering, but accurate and precise determination of the cosmogenic ¹⁰ Be and stable ⁹ Be in seawater is challenging, because seawater contains high concentrations of matrix elements but extremely low concentrations of ⁹ Be and ¹⁰ Be. In this study, we develop a new, time‐effi...
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The ratio of atmosphere-derived 10Be to continent-derived 9Be in marine sediments has been used to probe the long-term relationship between continental denudation and climate. However, its application is complicated by uncertainty in 9Be transfer through the land-ocean interface. The riverine dissolved load alone is insufficient to close the marine...
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A comprehensive investigation was conducted to explore the distributions of total mercury (THg) and methylmercury (MeHg) in sediments and porewater along a typical transect from the Yangtze River Estuary (YRE) to the East China Sea (ECS) open shelf. THg concentrations in the surface sediments exhibited large variations across sites, higher in the e...
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Catchment erosion not only shapes various landforms of the earth’s surface but also affects the rates of chemical weathering and CO2 absorption by controlling the exposure of rock fragments, and thus acts as a regulator of the global climate. Therefore, studying the occurrence and controlling factors of catchment erosion can improve our understandi...
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The Cathaysia Block is featured by intense tectonic activities and magmatic intrusions during the Mesozoic, and its geochemical evolution might greatly imprint the river sediment compositions in southeast China. This paper presents a comprehensive synthesis of data from petrology, U-Pb geochronology, and geochemistry of both river sediments and plu...
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This study conducted a comprehensive investigation on the distribution and bioavailability of heavy metals (Cr, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Cd and Pb) in sediments along two typical transects from Yangtze River to the East China Sea continental shelf that spanning large physicochemical gradients. Heavy metals were mainly associated with the fine-grained sedime...
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To investigate the relationship between the alkenone unsaturation index (U K′37 ) and sea surface temperature (SST) in coastal and continental shelf waters, 58 surface sediment samples were collected from the South China Sea (SCS), Taiwan Strait, and East China Sea (ECS). We combined the new results with the previously published 71 data points from...
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The origin of silicic rocks (SiO2 > 65 wt%) in Continental Flood Basalt (CFB) provinces could be attributed to complex petrogenetic processes. The 65.5–66 Ma old Deccan Traps CFB contains eight sporadic but significant silicic rock exposures that are studied here in a comprehensive framework using field observations, petrography, major oxides (n =...
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With the frequent occurrence of extreme floods under global climate change-induced storm events, reservoir operation has been highlighted for river flood control, complicating the transport and transformation of riverine dissolved organic matter (DOM), one of the largest reactive carbon pools on earth. In particular, the response of riverine DOM ch...
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Seafloor hydrothermal systems play a significant role in the oceanic Mg cycle due to ubiquitous deposits of secondary Mg-rich clays during the strong fluid-rock reactions. However, the magnitude of net Mg enrichment and Mg isotopic fractionation, particularly within the medium-high temperature hydrothermal systems in felsic-hosted settings, are not...
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The history of Holocene sedimentation on the Sunda Shelf (southern South China Sea), one of the largest shelves in the world, has received little attention, particularly off Peninsular Malaysia. We present here evidence of Holocene transgression from most of the inner shelf of Peninsular Malaysia, based on lithologic and foraminiferal analyses of 2...
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oldschmidt 2023 Abstract Sm-Nd isotope systematics of Indian shales constrain the growth of Indian continental crust ESHA RAY1, DEBAJYOTI PAUL1, RAJNEESH BHUTANI2, RAMANANDA CHAKRABARTI3, SHOUYE YANG4 1 Department of Earth Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur ; esha@iitk.ac.in; dpaul@iitk.ac.in 2 Department of Earth Sciences, Pondicherr...
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As one of the most important coastal currents in the Northeast Pacific marginal seas, the Yellow Sea Coastal Water (YSCW) plays an essential role in modulating regional ocean circulation and the transregional exchange of biogeochemical materials. However, the wintertime transport pattern of the YSCW and its interaction with the Changjiang River Est...
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The ²³⁴U-²³⁸U disequilibrium system offers a broad spectrum of applications to study various Earth-surface processes, such as the evolution of weathering profile and erosion through time and sediment transport processes across the river catchments. Many of these applications require a critical assumption regarding the initial bedrock (²³⁴U/²³⁸U) ac...
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Zinc and Ni are essential micronutrients whose stable isotope systematics in marine sediments represent promising, but still developing, tracers of past ocean chemistry and biology. Sediments from upwelling continental margins have been identified as important sinks for Zn and Ni, driven by high-productivity, incorporation of the metals into cells...
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Among many 234U-238U disequilibrium applications, the “comminution age” approach enabled quantitative constraints of sediment transport timescale since the genesis of detrital sediment. This method requires a critical assumption regarding the initial bedrock (234U/238U) activity ratios (A0), typically assumed to be in secular equilibrium (=1). Howe...
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Climate change during the Holocene is thought to have had a significant impact on human migration and development. In Japan, the earliest prehistoric culture based on hunting and gathering began about 16,000 years ago (the Jomon era). At least 3000 years ago, people with paddy rice cultivation skills started to migrate from mainland China, causing...
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Under a warming climate, many areas of the world are experiencing drier conditions, leading to the rising lake evaporation rate and salinity. The salinization of a lake, or timescale needed to evolve from historically fresh to presently saline state, is important for understanding the paleo-hydrology and lacustrine geochemical cycling. Solute loss...
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The shift in Sr stable isotope ratios (⁸⁸Sr/⁸⁶Sr, reported as δ88/86Sr values) in weathering systems provides insights into the transformation of the binding form of Sr between the dissolved and solid phases. However, the mechanism behind the fractionation of Sr stable isotopes during chemical weathering remains poorly constrained. We present miner...
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Rivers can be sinks for potential toxic elements (PTEs) inputted in their systems by both natural and anthropic processes. Many indices have been proposed to assess the contamination degree of sediments and the environmental conditions of surficial water bodies. Above all, enrichment factor (EF) is the most used tool, but also it is the most debate...
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Although one of the most abundant elements in bulk Earth, silicon has not received enough attention during routine elemental analysis by ICP-OES and ICP-MS as the standard methods cannot readily obtain Si due to its volatile SiF4 removal during standard HF-HNO3 digestion. This study developed a detailed calculation method for SiO2 concentrations in...
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The terrigenous sediment source-to-sink processes in continental margins are determined by complex interactions among climate, sediment discharge, sea level and oceanic circulations on various temporal and spatial scales. The northeastern South China Sea (NSCS) margin is a natural laboratory to catch a glimpse of these processes due to large amount...
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Human activities play an increasingly important role in shaping Earth surface and changing river geochemistry. This study presents elemental concentrations of suspended sediments collected from the water depth profiles in two hydrological years in the lower Changjiang (Yangtze) River, aiming to discern how intense dam constructions (e.g., Three Gor...
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The East China Sea (ECS) is featured by the broad continental shelf, huge terrigenous sediment input and striking river-sea interaction during the Quaternary. Despite the numerous studies, mostly on the delta, coastal and inner shelf areas, the late Quaternary stratigraphy and sedimentary environment on the mid-outer ECS shelf were poorly documente...
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Plankton microorganisms play central roles in the marine food web and global biogeochemical cycles, while their distribution and abundance are affected by environmental variables. The determinants of microbial community composition and diversity in estuaries and surrounding waters with multiple environmental gradients at a fine scale remain largely...
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Silicate weathering as an important negative feedback can regulate the Earth’s climate over time, but much debate concerns its response strength to each climatic factor and its evolution with land surface reorganisation. Such discrepancy arises from lacking weathering proxy validation and scarce quantitative paleo-constraints on individual forcing...
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The benthic foraminifera are a single cell protist that are highly abundant in marine and marginal environments. They have been successfully used in many monitoring works to elucidate the status of environmental health conditions. The present study examines the foraminiferal distribution in the surface sediments of the Sungai Kilim, within the Kili...
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The West Bogda Mountains separate the two largest petroliferous sedimentary basins in Northwest (NW) China and may record the evolution history of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt (CAOB). The timing of the initial uplift of the West Bogda Mountains is debated, which may provide the robust constraint on the CAOB evolution. Here we present an integrat...
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The Yangtze River basin regulated by the gigantic Three Gorges Dam (TGD) is the best location to study the impacts of intense anthropogenic modifications on the global biogeochemical cycles. However, frequent drought periods commencing from 2006 to 2011 may equally act as a strong factor influencing the particulate organic matter (POM) flux. To cap...
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In view of the application of microbial branched tetraether lipids (i.e., brGDGTs) in terrestrial pH reconstructions, their potential as seawater pH proxy is investigated from the Yangtze River Estuary (YRE) to the shelf region in the East China Sea (ECS). BrGDGTs occurring as ‘fossil’ core and in ‘living’ intact polar lipids (CL-brGDGTs and IPL-br...