Reconstruction of paleocoastlines for the northwestern South China Sea since the last glacial maximum

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1127-1136

  Yao, Yan Tao ^a,b   Harff, Jan ^c   Meyer, Michael ^c   Zhan, Wen Huan ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Last Glacial Maximum; Northwestern South China Sea; Paleocoastline reconstruction; Relative sea level change

Indexed keywords

AREA OF INTEREST; COASTLINE CHANGES; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; GLACIAL PERIOD; HOLOCENES; LAND AREAS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; NORTHWESTERN SOUTH CHINA SEA; PALEOCOASTLINE RECONSTRUCTION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; QIONGZHOU STRAIT; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL CHANGE; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SOUTH CHINA; SOUTH CHINA SEA; VIET NAM;

ARCTIC ENGINEERING; COASTAL ZONES; LAND USE; LANDFORMS; REPAIR; SEA LEVEL;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

COAST; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; RECONSTRUCTION; REGRESSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TRANSGRESSION;

GULF OF TONKIN; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 68949186580     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-009-0098-8     Document Type: Article

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