Late Pleistocene to Holocene environmental changes as recorded in the sulfur geochemistry of coastal plain sediments, southwestern Taiwan

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 213-224

  Chen, Yue Gau ^a   Liu, Jack C L ^b   Shieh, Yuch Ning ^c   Liu, Tsung Kwei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b ILLINOIS STATE GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Isotope; Late Pleistocene; Organic carbon; Sea level; Sulfur

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SULFUR ISOTOPE; TRANSGRESSION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN; WORLD;

EID: 10244247804     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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