Late Quaternary sedimentary processes and variations in bottom-current activity in the Ulleung Interplain Gap, East Sea (Korea)

Marine Geology

Volumn 217, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 119-142

  Bahk, J J ^a   Lee, S H ^b   Yoo, H S ^b   Back, G G ^c   Chough, S K ^d  

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

^b Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^c Natl Oceanogr Research Institute   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bottom current; East Sea (Sea of Japan); Paleoceanography; Turbidity current; Ulleung Interplain Gap

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM CURRENTS; SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW; SEDIMENTARY PROCESSES; ULLEUNG INTERPLAIN GAP (UIG), EAST SEA, KOREA;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; OCEAN CURRENTS; OCEANOGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SEDIMENTATION;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

BOTTOM CURRENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; TURBIDITY CURRENT;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; ULLEUNG BASIN; WORLD;

EID: 18844400586     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.02.031     Document Type: Article

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