Pleistocene macrotidal tide-dominated estuary-delta succession, along the Dong Nai River, southern Vietnam

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 194, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 115-140

  Kitazawa, T ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dong Nai River; Incised valley; Macrotidal; Pleistocene; Tidal ravinement surface (TRS); Tide dominated estuary delta

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; INCISED VALLEY; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL FLAT; TRANSGRESSION-REGRESSION CYCLE;

ASIA; DONG NAI RIVER; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 33845428860     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.05.016     Document Type: Article

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