Desiccation cracks in vertic palaeosols of the Cretaceous Hasandong Formation, Korea: genesis and palaeoenvironmental implications

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 161-179

  Paik, In Sung ^a   Lee, Yong Il ^b  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; DESICCATION CRACK; PALAEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOSOL;

KOREA;

EID: 0345516017     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00041-4     Document Type: Article

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