Evolution of the coastal depositional systems of the Changjiang (Yangtze) river in response to late pleistocene-holocene seal-level changes

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 884-897

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

^a JAPAN SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

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

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EVOLUTION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE; PARASEQUENCE; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL ZONE; DEGLACIATION; DEPOSITION; PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE BOUNDARY; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CHINA; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE RIVER;

BACKSTEPPING; DEPOSITION; ESTUARIES; LANDFORMS; STRATIGRAPHY; TIME MEASUREMENT;

DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; ESTUARINE SYSTEMS; INCISED VALLEY FILL; LAST DEGLACIATION; LATE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; TIDE-DOMINATED ESTUARIES; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS;

SEA LEVEL;

EID: 0038744231     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/052002720884     Document Type: Article

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