Stratigraphic development during the Late Pleistocene and Holocene offshore of the Yellow River delta, Bohai Sea

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 4-5, 2009, Pages 318-331

  Liu, Jian ^a,b   Saito, Yoshiki ^c   Wang, Hong ^a,b   Zhou, Liangyong ^a,b   Yang, Zigeng ^b  

^a Chongqing Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources   (China)

^b QINGDAO INSTITUTE OF MARINE GEOLOGY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Bohai Sea; Bohai Strait; Holocene; Late Pleistocene; MIS 3; Sea level change; Yellow River delta

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

ASIA; BOHAI SEA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; PACIFIC OCEAN; SHANDONG; YELLOW RIVER DELTA; YELLOW SEA;

FORAMINIFERA; OSTRACODA;

EID: 68849123298     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2009.06.007     Document Type: Article

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