Modern accumulation rates and a budget of sediment off the Gaoping (Kaoping) River, SW Taiwan: A tidal and flood dominated depositional environment around a submarine canyon

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 405-416

  Huh, Chih An ^a   Lin, Hui Ling ^b   Lin, Saulwood ^c   Huang, Ya Wen ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

137Cs; 210Pb; 7Be; Gaoping River; Sedimentation; Submarine canyon

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CESIUM; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RADIOISOTOPES; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINES; TECTONICS;

137CS; 210PB; 7BE; GAOPING RIVER; SUBMARINE CANYON;

SEDIMENTATION;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CESIUM ISOTOPE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LEAD ISOTOPE; RADIONUCLIDE; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SUBMARINE CANYON;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KAOPING RIVER; MANILA TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TAIWAN;

EID: 60749102693     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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