Marine sediment records and relative sea level change during late Pleistocene in the Changjiang delta area and adjacent continental shelf

Quaternary International

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 164-172

  Zhao, Baocheng ^a   Wang, Zhanghua ^a,b   Chen, Jing ^a   Chen, Zhongyuan ^b  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEPOSITION; FACIES ANALYSIS; LITHOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MICROFOSSIL; PLEISTOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

ASIA; CHINA; EAST CHINA SEA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE DELTA;

EID: 45249119734     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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