Late quaternary stratigraphy and evolution of a Korean tidal flat, Haenam Bay, southeastern Yellow Sea, Korea

Marine Geology

Volumn 193, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 177-194

  Lim, D I ^a   Park, Y A ^b  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korean tidal flat; Last interglacial; Late Quaternary stratigraphy; Oxidized layer; Regional unconformity; Southeastern Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

CLAY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TIDAL POWER;

CRYOTURBATION STRUCTURES;

STRATIGRAPHY;

INTERGLACIAL; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY; TIDAL FLAT;

HAENAM BAY; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 0037442654     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00663-1     Document Type: Article

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