Abstract

Abstract In order to probe anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility (AMS) characteristics of tide-influenced sediments, AMS analyses and primary sedimentary structure observation and description were conducted on the borehole CM-97 samples from Changjiang delta, China. Primary sedimentary structure (cross-laminations) observation and description were based on a detailed examination of X-ray photographs of samples. Primary cross-laminations were found on 19 of 35 subcores, among which five subcores, A6, A7, B17, B30, and B38, have bidirectional cross-laminations. We found a total of 35 cross-laminations on the subcore sections of tide-influenced sediments, of which 14 were distributed on the five subcores with bidirectional cross-laminations. By their bidirectional dipping foreset laminae, the primary cross-laminations clearly showed bidirectional flow features of the environments in which these sediments formed. Comparing the paleocurrent directions shown by these cross-laminations with those indicated by th...

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