Early Holocene mud-ridge formation in the Yangtze offshore, China: A tidal-controlled estuarine pattern and sea-level implications

Marine Geology

Volumn 198, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 245-257

  Chen, Zhongyuan ^a   Saito, Yoshiki ^b   Hori, Kazuaki ^b   Zhao, Yiwen ^c   Kitamura, Akihisa ^d  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early Holocene; Estuarine sedimentation; Mud ridges; Sea level rise; Yangtze offshore

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; SILT;

UNCONFORMITY;

HYDROGEOLOGY;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; MUDBANK; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

EID: 0038269805     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00119-1     Document Type: Article

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