Microtektites in the Middle Pleistocene deep-sea sediments of the South China Sea

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 531-535

  Zhao, Quanhong ^a   Jian, Zhimin ^a   Li, Baohua ^b   Cheng, Xinrong ^a   Wang, Pinxian ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND PALAEONTOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Coarse fraction; Geological age; Microtektites; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

BRUNHES CHRON; DEEP SEA; MARINE SEDIMENT; MATUYAMA CHRON; PLEISTOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY; TEKTITE;

SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 0033404349     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02875247     Document Type: Article

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