Clay mineral analysis of sediments in the Changjiang delta plain and its application to the late quaternary variations of sea level and sediment provenance

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 683-691

  Wang, Zhanghua ^a   Chen, Zhongyuan ^a   Tao, Jing ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Changjiang delta; Clay minerals; Holocene; Sea level fluctuations; Sediment provenance

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CLAY MINERAL; DELTA; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 33646722006     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/03-0120.1     Document Type: Article

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