Sedimentary facies and evolution in the Qiantang River incised valley, eastern China

Marine Geology

Volumn 219, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 235-259

  Lin, Chun Ming ^a   Zhuo, Hong Chun ^a   Gao, Shu ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern China; Incised valley fill; Late Quaternary; Macrotidal estuary; Qiantang River; Sedimentary facies; Stratigraphic framework

Indexed keywords

EASTERN CHINA; INCIZED VALLEY FILL; LATE QUATERNARY; MACROTIDAL ESTUARIES; QIATANG RIVER; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK;

ESTUARIES; FLOODS; GASES; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; RIVERS; SAND; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

FACIES ANALYSIS; INCISED VALLEY; QUATERNARY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QIANGTANG BASIN; WORLD; XIZANG;

EID: 23844514342     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.06.009     Document Type: Article

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