Holocene coastal stratigraphy and the sedimentary development of the Hai Phong area of the Bac Bo Plain (Red River Delta), Vietnam

Australian Geographer

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-194

  Doan Dinh, Lam ^a   Boyd, W E ^b  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

^b SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bac Bo Plain; Coastal sediments; Floodplain; Holocene; Intertidal palaeoenvironments; Red River Delta; Sea level change; Stratigraphy; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

VIET NAM;

EID: 0042388297     PISSN: 00049182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049180301737     Document Type: Article

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