The sedimentary record of a significant flooding event in Lake Taihu on the Yangtze delta, China

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn , Issue SPEC. ISS. 43, 2004, Pages 89-100

  Yi, C L ^a,b   Appleby, P G ^c   Boyle, J F ^c   Rose, N L ^d   Dai, X R ^e   Xie, P ^f  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Grain size; Microfabric; Radionuclide dating; Sedimentation rate

Indexed keywords

DELTA; FLOODING; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SEDIMENTATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 25144500022     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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