Late Quaternary environmental changes in the Pearl River mouth region, China

Quaternary International

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 35-45

  Zong, Y ^a   Yim, W W S ^a   Yu, F ^b   Huang, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; ESTUARY; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL; LAST INTERGLACIAL; LUMINESCENCE DATING; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALEOCHANNEL; POSTGLACIAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; REGRESSION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STRATIGRAPHY; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; NITZSCHIA ALBA;

EID: 69249216518     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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