Sedimentary records of environmental evolution in the Sanmen Lake Basin and the Yellow River running through the Sanmenxia Gorge eastward into the sea

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 595-608

  Wang, Sumin ^a   Wu, Xihao ^a   Zhang, Zhenke ^b   Jiang, Fuchu ^c   Xue, Bin ^a   Tong, Guobang ^d   Tian, Guoqiang ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental evolution; Formation of the Yellow River; Sanmen Basin; Sedimentary records; Tectono climatic cycles

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; LAKES; RAIN; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

PALEOENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; RIVER EVOLUTION; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHINA;

EID: 0346668244     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02yd9061     Document Type: Article

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