Table 2: Sedimentation rate determined by the 210Pbex technique in the marine coastal regions of several Asian countries.

Site

Sedimentation rate, cm a-1

References

Continental slope, Taiwan

0.06 (eastern region)

[40]

 

0.3 (northern region)

 

East China Sea

0.2-2.0

[41]

Yangtze estuary, China

0.8-2.0

[42]

Wanggang coastal wetland,

Jangsu province, China

3.1-3.3

 

[43]

 

Peninsular coastal Malaysia

0.2-0.42

[44]

Brunei Bay, Malaysia

0.47-2.13

[45]

Gulf of Ton Kin

0.47-0.75

[21]

Central Ha Long Bay

0.45 ± 0.17

[39]

Ha Long Bay

0.45-2.1

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