Quaternary sea-level change on the continental shelf of Hong Kong

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1031-1038

  Fyfe, J A ^a,c   Selby, I C ^a,b   Shaw, R ^a   James, J W C ^a,c   Evans, C D R ^c  

^a Hong Kong Geological Survey   (Hong Kong)

^b Coastal Geosciences ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Quaternary; Seismic profiles; Sequence stratigraphy; Transgression

Indexed keywords

QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSIONS;

HONG KONG;

EID: 0031407646     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.6.1031     Document Type: Article

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