On the significance of sea-level variations and shelf paleo-morphology in governing sedimentation in the southern South China Sea during the last deglaciation

Marine Geology

Volumn 201, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 179-206

  Steinke, Stephan ^a,c   Kienast, Markus ^b,d   Hanebuth, Till ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^d WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Last deglaciation; Sea level; Sedimentology; Shelf paleo physiography; South China Sea; Sunda Shelf

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FLOODS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIERS; OCEANOGRAPHY; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION;

PALEO-PHYSIOGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

LAST GLACIATION; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHELF SEDIMENT; TRANSGRESSION;

SOUTH CHINA SEA; SUNDA SHELF;

EID: 0141650697     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(03)00216-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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