简介：SeveralREEdatasetswerecollectedinCoreDD2andEC2005intheinnershelfofEastChinaSea,CoreY127inthenorthernOkinawaTrough,CoreNT1,C9247andC92169inthesouthYellowSeatochecktheapplicabilityoftheδEuN-ΣREEsmodelforquantita-tivelydistinguishingsedimentsfromtheYangtzeRiverandtheYellowRiver.Bycomparison,severalsedimentsincoresDD2,EC2005,Y127aregenerallyinaccordancewiththismodel.ThecoresNT1,C9247andC92169,whichhavebeeninfluencedbytheYangtzeRiverandtheYellowRivertogether,however,wereinconsistentwiththeδEuN-ΣREEsmodel.TheδEuN-ΣREEsplotanditscorrespondingregressionequation,whichcouldbeusedtodistinguishsediments＂intuitivelyandquantitatively＂fromtheYangtzeRiver,andtheYellowRivershouldbereconsideredorreassessed.