Beach Sediments from Northern South China Sea Suggest High and Oscillating Sea Levels During the Late Holocene

Dixue Qianyuan/ Earth Science Frontiers

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 138-145

  YU, Kefu ^a   CHEN, Tegu ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

beach sediments; coral reef; late Holocene; oscillation; sea level; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

EID: 75149160087     PISSN: 18725791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1872-5791(08)60110-4     Document Type: Article

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