Variations of terrigenous sediment supply to the southern slope of the Ulleung Basin, East/Japan Sea since the Last Glacial Maximum

Geosciences Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 381-390

  Bahk, Jang Jun ^a   Han, Sang Joon ^b   Khim, Boo Keun ^c  

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

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

^c Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aeolian flux; Detrital component; East Japan Sea; Hemipelagic flux; Ulleung Basin

Indexed keywords

EID: 30844448424     PISSN: 12264806     EISSN: 15987477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02910474     Document Type: Article

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