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Recent sediment accumulation rates are 18–230 mg cm-2 yr-1 (0.02–0.2 cm yr-1) based on excess 210Pb activity profiles in the southwestern part of the East Sea (Sea of Japan). Assuming no mixing beneath surface mixed layers, 210Pb-derived sediment accumulation rates are 18–32 mg cm-2 yr-1 in the northern part of the Yamato Ridge and the Ulleung Basin, 29–136 mg cm-2 yr-1 in the Korea Plateau, and 230 mg cm-2 yr-1 in the southern shelf. These values generally agree with long-term sedimentation rates estimated from dated ash layers.
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Received: 6 October 1995 / Revision received: 31 May 1996
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Hong, G., Kim, S., Chung, C. et al. 210Pb-derived sediment accumulation rates in the southwestern East Sea (Sea of Japan). Geo-Marine Letters 17, 126–132 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003670050017
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s003670050017