Original component of grain size index in core sediment from southwestern slope of the South China Sea and its paleoenvironmental implication

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 896-902

  Chen, Muhong ^a   Zheng, Fan ^a   Lu, Jun ^a   Xiao, Shangbin ^a   Yan, Wen ^a   Chen, Zhong ^a   Xiang, Rong ^a   Wei, Gangjian ^b   Zhang, Lanlan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Grain size index; Materials composition; Microfossil; Paleoecological environment; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749668329     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/04wd0365     Document Type: Article

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