Fluvial gravel facies architecture of late Pleistocene age at Po Chue Tam, Lantau Island, Hong Kong: Tectonic versus climatic control?

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1113-1123

  Wang, Yuhai ^a,b   Yan, Dan Ping ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Catastrophic flood; Flow pulsation; Gravel couplet; Magmo tectonism; Monsoon precipitation; Planar cross stratification

Indexed keywords

FACIES ANALYSIS; FLOODING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAVEL; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHINA;

EID: 0038447648     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(02)00141-4     Document Type: Article

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