Modern fine-grained sedimentation-spatial variability and environmental controls on an inner pericontinental shelf, Hong Kong

Marine Geology

Volumn 214, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 1-26

  Owen, R B ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

accumulation rates; biogenic silica; carbonate; Hong Kong; mud; organic matter

Indexed keywords

MUD BLANKETS; PALAEOTOPOGRAPHY; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; ESTUARIES; ISOTOPES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SHELF SEDIMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG; WORLD;

EID: 11844249354     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.11.004     Document Type: Article

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