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@article{ART002622932},
author={Ara Jeong},
title={Understanding the Transport Mechanism of Paleo-deposits in the Sonoran Desert with Grain Size Distribution and Shape Analysis},
journal={Journal of the Association of Korean Geographers},
issn={2287-4739},
year={2020},
volume={9},
number={2},
pages={265-279},
doi={10.25202/JAKG.9.2.3}

TY - JOUR
AU - Ara Jeong
TI - Understanding the Transport Mechanism of Paleo-deposits in the Sonoran Desert with Grain Size Distribution and Shape Analysis
JO - Journal of the Association of Korean Geographers
PY - 2020
VL - 9
IS - 2
PB - Association of Korean Geographers
SP - 265
EP - 279
SN - 2287-4739
AB - About tens of meters thick fine sand and silt deposits are observed at the top of the sedimentary logs of hundreds of drilling wells throughout Phoenix metropolitan area, Arizona, USA, situated in north-central Sonoran Desert, and likely deposited after ~ 836ka. A hypothesis to explain the paleo-deposits is that the deposits are a wind-blown deposits derived from the floodplains of nearby rivers developed in response to the aeolian-fluvial interactions. The purpose of this study is to reconstruct paleoenvironment and to understand the processes of transport and deposition of the paleo-deposits using modern analogues. This is accomplished via the identification of the paleo-deposits by comparison with modern source-bordering dune sediments and fluvial sediments using the analyses of grain size distribution and grain shape parameters. Overall, the results of sediment drift potential, grain size distribution and shape analyses provide evidence to support the hypothesis, and the deposition of the paleo-deposits may be related with the change of regional climates. Grain shape parameters may better reflect the mechanism of transport when grains traveled over short distance. Given the advantage, the grain shape analysis may provide a new insight to solve the issue associated with the provenance of Korean loess-like sediments whether it was originated from far-distant the Chinese Loess Plateau and peripheral areas or from nearby floodplains of local river or from exposed fine materials in the Yellow Sea.
KW - Aeolian-fluvial interaction;Arid landform;Source-bordering dune;Grain size distribution;Grain shape analysis
DO - 10.25202/JAKG.9.2.3
ER -

Ara Jeong. (2020). Understanding the Transport Mechanism of Paleo-deposits in the Sonoran Desert with Grain Size Distribution and Shape Analysis. Journal of the Association of Korean Geographers, 9(2), 265-279.

Ara Jeong. 2020, "Understanding the Transport Mechanism of Paleo-deposits in the Sonoran Desert with Grain Size Distribution and Shape Analysis", Journal of the Association of Korean Geographers, vol.9, no.2 pp.265-279. Available from: doi:10.25202/JAKG.9.2.3

Ara Jeong "Understanding the Transport Mechanism of Paleo-deposits in the Sonoran Desert with Grain Size Distribution and Shape Analysis" Journal of the Association of Korean Geographers 9.2 pp.265-279 (2020) : 265.

Ara Jeong. Understanding the Transport Mechanism of Paleo-deposits in the Sonoran Desert with Grain Size Distribution and Shape Analysis. 2020; 9(2), 265-279. Available from: doi:10.25202/JAKG.9.2.3

Ara Jeong. "Understanding the Transport Mechanism of Paleo-deposits in the Sonoran Desert with Grain Size Distribution and Shape Analysis" Journal of the Association of Korean Geographers 9, no.2 (2020) : 265-279.doi: 10.25202/JAKG.9.2.3

Ara Jeong. Understanding the Transport Mechanism of Paleo-deposits in the Sonoran Desert with Grain Size Distribution and Shape Analysis. Journal of the Association of Korean Geographers, 9(2), 265-279. doi: 10.25202/JAKG.9.2.3

Ara Jeong. Understanding the Transport Mechanism of Paleo-deposits in the Sonoran Desert with Grain Size Distribution and Shape Analysis. Journal of the Association of Korean Geographers. 2020; 9(2) 265-279. doi: 10.25202/JAKG.9.2.3

Ara Jeong. Understanding the Transport Mechanism of Paleo-deposits in the Sonoran Desert with Grain Size Distribution and Shape Analysis. 2020; 9(2), 265-279. Available from: doi:10.25202/JAKG.9.2.3

Ara Jeong. "Understanding the Transport Mechanism of Paleo-deposits in the Sonoran Desert with Grain Size Distribution and Shape Analysis" Journal of the Association of Korean Geographers 9, no.2 (2020) : 265-279.doi: 10.25202/JAKG.9.2.3