The wandering of the Volga delta: A response to rapid Caspian sea-level change

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 189-209

  Kroonenberg, S B ^a,d   Rusakov, G V ^b   Svitoch, A A ^c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Astrakhan State Biosphere Reserve   (Russian Federation)

^c MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delta classification; Quaternary stratigraphy; Russia; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

DELTA EVOLUTION; DELTAS; HOLOCENE; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION, ASTRAKHAN, VOLGA DELTA;

EID: 0030887147     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(96)00028-0     Document Type: Article

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