Sea level induced variations in clay mineral composition in the southwestern South China Sea over the past 17,000 yr

Marine Geology

Volumn 250, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 199-210

  Steinke, Stephan ^a   Hanebuth, Till J J ^a   Vogt, Christoph ^a   Stattegger, Karl ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

clay minerals; last deglaciation; sea level changes; South China Sea; Sunda Shelf

Indexed keywords

SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SHALLOW WATERS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SUNDA SHELF;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

CLAY MINERALS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY MINERAL; COASTAL ZONE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEGLACIATION; HOLOCENE; KAOLINITE; LAST DEGLACIATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDONESIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUNDA SHELF;

EID: 41949130990     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.01.005     Document Type: Article

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