Late Quaternary evolution of the sub-aqueous Yangtze Delta, China: Sedimentation, stratigraphy, palynology, and deformation

Marine Geology

Volumn 162, Issue 2-4, 2000, Pages 423-441

  Chen, Zhongyuan ^a   Song, Baoping ^a   Wang, Zhanghua ^a   Cai, Yongli ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gravity subsidence; Holocene climate change; Late Quaternary stratigraphy; Marine palynology; Sediment distribution; Sub aqueous Yangtze Delta

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DELTA; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CHINA;

EID: 0034651130     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(99)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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