Effect of Sea-Level Change on Deep-Sea Sedimentary Records in the Northeastern South China Sea over the past 42 kyr

Figure 1

Overview map of the northern part of the SCS, including core location 973-4, monsoon and current systems, fluvial drainage systems, and their annual suspended sediment discharge to the South China Sea. Core 973-4 is labeled by red star. Monsoon and current systems are labeled by colored arrows. Monsoon winds after Webster [11], Guangdong coastal currents after Fang et al. [8], Kuroshio Current after Caruso et al. [7], deep water currents after Zhao et al. [12]. Fluvial drainage systems and their annual discharge to SCS are represented by grey arrows with numbers (in million metric tons, Mt/yr), and the size represents the flux (summarized by [3]). The base map was generated from GeoMapApp.