Architecture and evolution of the tide-dominated Changjiang (Yangtze) River delta, China

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 146, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 249-264

  Hori, Kazuaki ^a,b   Saito, Yoshiki ^b   Zhao, Quanhong ^c   Wang, Pinxian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang (Yangtze) river; Deltas; Holocene; Sea level change; Tides

Indexed keywords

DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; HOLOCENE; PROGRADATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; TIDE;

CHANGJIANG DELTA; CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 0036143994     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(01)00122-1     Document Type: Article

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