Up-estuary variation of sedimentary facies and ichnocoenoses in an open-mouthed, macrotidal, mixed-energy estuary, Gomso Bay, Korea

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 77, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 757-771

  Yang, Byongcheon ^a   Dalrymple, Robert W ^b   Gingras, Murray K ^a   Chun, Seungsoo ^c   Lee, Heejun ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BELTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIDES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

CLASSIFICATION SCHEME; CLASTIC RESERVOIRS; CROSS STRATIFICATIONS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTATION; PHYSICAL STRUCTURES; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; WAVE REFRACTION;

ESTUARIES;

ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; ICHNOFACIES; OCEAN TIDE; OCEAN WAVE; OPEN OCEAN; SEDIMENTATION; STRATIFICATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES]; WILLAPA BAY;

EID: 35448982791     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2007.073     Document Type: Article

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