Evolution and chronology of late pleistocene shelf-perched lowstand wedges in the Korea strait

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 29-39

  Yoo, Dong Geun ^a   Park, Soo Chul ^b   Sunwoo, Don ^a   Oh, Jae Ho ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korea strait; Late pleistocene; Lowstand wedge; Sea level change

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

KOREA STRAIT; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 0042920714     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(03)00020-8     Document Type: Article

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