Based on the surface samples collected by the 2nd—5thChinese National Arctic Expedition and the V.I.Il'ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute,Far Eastern Branch,Russian Academy of Sciences,grain size analyses were carried out to define the sediment types and their spatial distribution pattern in order to further probe their environmental implications.The various types of surface sediments are mainly the terrigenous clasts coming from the Arctic and the northwest Pacific,transported by rivers,coastal erosion,icerafting,and ocean currents.Most p...