Heavy minerals and river channel migration in the Yangtze delta plain, eastern China

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 326-335

  Schneiderman, Jill S ^a   Chen, Zhongyuan ^b   Eckert Jr , James O ^c  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel migration; Delta plain; Heavy minerals; Provenance; Subsidence; Yangtze Delta

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CHANGE; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; HEAVY MINERAL; PROVENANCE; RIVER CHANNEL; SUBSIDENCE;

CHINA;

FORAMINIFERA; GYMNOMYZA SAMOENSIS;

EID: 0038580673     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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