Initiation of the Mekong River delta at 8 ka: evidence from the sedimentary succession in the Cambodian lowland

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 327-344

  Tamura, Toru ^a   Saito, Yoshiki ^a   Sieng, Sotham ^b   Ben, Bunnarin ^b   Kong, Meng ^b   Sim, Im ^b   Choup, Sokuntheara ^b   Akiba, Fumio ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b GDMR   (Cambodia)

^c Diatom Minilab Akiba Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE DRILLING; EMBANKMENTS; LEVEES; PEAT; RIVERS; TIDES; WETLANDS;

DEGLACIAL; DELTA PLAINS; DIATOM ASSEMBLAGES; DRILL CORES; EUSTATIC SEA-LEVEL RISE; FLOOD PLAINS; FLUVIAL CHANNELS; FLUVIAL SEDIMENTS; FLUVIAL SYSTEMS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INITIAL STAGES; MANGROVE FORESTS; MEKONG RIVERS; PEAT ACCUMULATIONS; PROGRADATION; RADIOCARBON DATES; SEA-LEVEL; SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; SEA-LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATIONS; SEDIMENT YIELDS; SEDIMENTARY EVOLUTIONS; SEDIMENTARY FACIES; TIDAL FLATS;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

DEGLACIATION; DELTA; DIATOM; EUSTACY; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; MANGROVE; MELTWATER; PEAT; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; TIDAL FLAT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MEKONG DELTA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 59049093076     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2008.10.010     Document Type: Article

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