A buried palaeosol and late Pleistocene unconformity in coastal deposits of the eastern Yellow Sea, East Asia

Quaternary International

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-118

  Lim, D I ^a   Jung, H S ^a   Kim, B O ^b   Choi, J Y ^b   Kim, H N ^c  

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

^b Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^c Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT CORE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 2442635612     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2004.01.027     Document Type: Article

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