A long-term morphological modeling study on the evolution of the Pearl River Delta, network system, and estuarine bays since 6000 yr B.P.

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 426, Issue , 2007, Pages 199-214

  Wu, C Y ^a   Ren, J ^a   Bao, Y ^a   Lei, Y P ^a   Shi, H Y ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Evolution; Long term; Morphological model; Pearl River Delta

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION RATES; ESTUARIES; GEMS; LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE); SEA LEVEL; TOPOGRAPHY;

EVOLUTION; INITIAL AND BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; LONG TERM; LONG-TERM MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTIONS; MORPHODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; MORPHODYNAMIC MODELING; MORPHOLOGICAL MODEL; PEARL RIVER DELTA;

RIVERS;

BOUNDARY CONDITION; CALIBRATION; CONDENSATION; DEPOSITION; LAST INTERGLACIAL; MODEL; NEOTECTONICS; RIVER; SEDIMENT; TOPOGRAPHY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 68049125475     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2426(14)     Document Type: Article

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