Paleoenvironmental changes and depositional history of the Korea (Tsushima) Strait since the LGM

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 84-104

  Kong, Gee Soo ^a   Park, Soo Chul ^b  

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

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korea Strait; Postglacial paleoenvironmental changes; Tsushima Current

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; OCEANIC CURRENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCURRENT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POSTGLACIAL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KOREA; KOREA STRAIT; NAKDONG RIVER; SOUTH KOREA; TSUSHIMA STRAIT;

EID: 33846896943     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2006.01.004     Document Type: Article

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