Sedimentation on a wave-dominated, open-coast tidal flat, south-western Korea: Summer tidal flat - Winter shoreface

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 235-252

  Yang, B C ^a   Dalrymple, R W ^a   Chun, S S ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hummocky cross stratification; Open coast tidal flat; Seasonal variation; South western Korea; Storm deposits; Tidal flat sedimentation

Indexed keywords

CROSS-BEDDING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENTATION; STORM DEPOSIT; SUMMER; TIDAL FLAT;

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

EID: 17444428589     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2004.00692.x     Document Type: Article

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