Comment on "mid-Holocene higher sea level indicators from the south China coast" by W.W.-S. Yim and G. Huang [Mar. Geol. 182 (2002) 225-230]: A regional perspective

Marine Geology

Volumn 196, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 91-98

  Baker, R G V ^a   Davis, A M ^a   Aitchison, J C ^b   Flood, P G ^a   Morton, Brian S ^c   Haworth, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Biological markers; Holocene; Hong Kong; Sea level change; Southeast Asia

Indexed keywords

CRYPTOGRAPHY; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SEA LEVEL; STORMS;

INTERTIDAL ZONES;

GEOLOGY;

BIOMARKER; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

BIG WAVE BAY; CHINA; HONG KONG;

SACCOSTREA CUCULLATA;

EID: 0242417078     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(02)00615-1     Document Type: Review

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