Grain-size characteristics of the extant tidal flat sediments along the Jiangsu coast, China

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 112, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 105-122

  Wang, Xueyu ^a   Ke, Xiankun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang River; Grain size parameters; Huanghe River; Jiangsu coast; Sediment; Tidal flat

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL SEDIMENTS; GRAIN SIZE; PROVENANCE; TIDAL FLAT; TIDAL FLATS;

CHINA, JIANGSU PROVINCE;

EID: 0043044953     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(97)00026-2     Document Type: Article

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