Synrift stratigraphic geometry in a transfer zone coarse-grained delta complex, Miocene Pohang Basin, SE Korea

Sedimentology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1387-1408

  Sohn, Young Kwan ^a   Son, Moon ^b  

^a Gyeongsang National University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coarse grained delta; Pohang Basin; Sequence stratigraphy; Synrift; Transfer zone

Indexed keywords

FAN DELTA; MIOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSFER ZONE;

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

EID: 11144285538     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2004.00679.x     Document Type: Review

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