Modern sediments and sediment accumulation rates on the narrow shelf off central Vietnam, South China Sea

Geo-Marine Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-59

  Szczuciński, Witold ^a   Stattegger, Karl ^b   Scholten, Jan ^c  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Monaco)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; CESIUM; DEFORESTATION; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; RADIOISOTOPES; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

20TH CENTURY; ACCUMULATION RATES; CARBONATE CONTENT; CONTINENTAL MARGINS; FINE SEDIMENTS; FLOOD EVENTS; HOLOCENE; MASS ACCUMULATION RATES; PASSIVE CONTINENTAL MARGIN; SAND FRACTION; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATIONS; SEDIMENT TEXTURES; SEDIMENTATION PROCESSES; SOUTH CHINA SEA (SCS); VIET NAM;

SEDIMENTS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HOLOCENE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SHELF SEDIMENT; TEXTURE;

ASIA; EURASIA; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 58649111985     PISSN: 02760460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00367-008-0122-6     Document Type: Article

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