Inner shelf to shoreface depositional sequence in the Sendai coastal prism, Pacific coast of northeastern Japan: Spatial and temporal growth patterns in relation to Holocene relative sea-level change

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 567-576

  Tamura, Toru ^a   Masuda, Fujio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

AMS 14C dating analysis; Ravinement; Sendai; Shelf; Shoreface; Wave dominated sequence

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MIYAGI; SENDAI BAY; TOHOKU;

EID: 3042544097     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2003.09.002     Document Type: Article

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