Late Holocene depositional environments and coastal evolution of the Mekong River Delta, Southern Vietnam

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 427-439

  Van Nguyen, Lap ^a   Ta, Thi Kim Oanh ^a   Tateishi, Masaaki ^b  

^a National Centre for Natural Science and Technology   (Viet Nam)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coastline; Depositional environment; Geomorphology; Mekong River Delta; Relative sea level; Relict beach ridge

Indexed keywords

BEACH; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL;

VIET NAM;

EID: 0342424188     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-9120(99)00076-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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