Late quaternary stratigraphy and development of tidal sand ridges in the eastern Yellow Sea

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 76, Issue 9-10, 2006, Pages 1093-1105

  Park, Soo Chul ^a   Lee, Bang Hee ^a   Han, Hyuk Soo ^a   Yoo, Dong Geun ^b   Lee, Chi Won ^b  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ENGINEERING; DEPOSITS; EROSION; SEA LEVEL; STRATIGRAPHY;

EROSIONAL PROCESS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST INTERGLACIAL; LATE QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; REGIONAL SEA LEVEL CHANGES; TIDAL ACTION; TIDAL DEPOSITS;

SAND;

GEOMORPHOLOGY; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; REGRESSION; SAND RIDGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 33751000192     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2006.092     Document Type: Article

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