Sequence stratigraphy of tidal sand bodies in the Bungo Channel, southwest Japan

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 233-244

  Ikehara, Ken ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bedform; Kuroshio; Sand bank; Sequence stratigraphy; Tidal sand

Indexed keywords

BEDFORM; SAND RIDGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TIDAL CURRENT;

JAPAN;

EID: 0344199870     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00108-0     Document Type: Article

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