Depositional development of an isolated mound and adjacent area in the southern Yellow Sea during the last postglacial sea-level rise

Marine Geology

Volumn 265, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 19-30

  Lee, S H ^a   Shinn, Y J ^b   Lee, K E ^c   Yoo, H S ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Maritime University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

highstand deposits; Holocene; sea level rise; transgressive deposits; Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

HIGHSTAND DEPOSITS; HOLOCENE; SEA-LEVEL RISE; TRANSGRESSIVE DEPOSITS; YELLOW SEA;

COASTAL ZONES; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOIL CONSERVATION;

DEPOSITS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; COASTAL CURRENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HIGHSTAND; HOLOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; POSTGLACIAL; TERRACE; TRANSGRESSION; WATER DEPTH;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; YELLOW RIVER; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 68149160199     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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