Pedogenesis of late Quaternary deposits, northern Kyonggi Bay, Korea: Implications for relative sea-level change and regional stratigraphic correlation

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 220, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 387-404

  Choi, Kyungsik ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Pedogenesis; Sea level change; Sequence boundary; Sphaerosiderite; Subaerial exposure; Water table

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; PALEOSOL; PEDOGENESIS; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHY;

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

LAMIINAE;

EID: 18044378221     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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