Late Holocene Evolution of the Mekong Subaqueous Delta, Southern Vietnam

Marine Geology

Volumn 269, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 46-60

  Xue, Zuo ^a   Liu, J Paul ^a   DeMaster, Dave ^a   Van Nguyen, Lap ^b   Ta, Thi Kim Oanh ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

delta evolution; mud wedge; sediment budget; South China Sea; subaqueous delta

Indexed keywords

COASTAL CURRENTS; GRAIN SIZE; HIGH RESOLUTION; LATE HOLOCENE; LONGSHORE TRANSPORT; MEKONG RIVER; MUD WEDGE; PROGRADATION; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENTARY PROCESS; SEISMIC PROFILING; SOUTH CHINA SEA; SUBAQUEOUS DELTA; THAILAND; VIET NAM;

BUDGET CONTROL; LEAD; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

CORE ANALYSIS; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; RESUSPENSION; RIVER EVOLUTION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD;

MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

EID: 74449091176     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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