Alluvial-to-lacustrine systems in a pull-apart margin: Southwestern Eumsung Basin (Cretaceous), Korea

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 127, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 31-46

  Ryang, W H ^a,b   Chough, S K ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Alluvial deposits; Cretaceous; Korea; Pull apart basin; Tectonic sedimentation

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CRETACEOUS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PULL APART BASIN; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

KOREA;

EID: 0032786271     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(99)00018-4     Document Type: Article

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