Partitioning of transgressive deposits in the southeastern Yellow Sea: A sequence stratigraphic interpretation

Marine Geology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 79-92

  Jin, J H ^a   Chough, S K ^b  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

High resolution sequence stratigraphy; Transgressive deposit; Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

EUSTACY; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

YELLOW SEA;

EID: 0031871161     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(98)00023-1     Document Type: Article

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