Sediment texture and grain-size implications: The Changjiang subaqueous delta

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 38-49

  Zhang, Rui ^a   Wang, Yaping ^a   Gao, Jianhua ^a   Pan, Shaoming ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Changjiang estuary; Fractal dimension; Grain size; Grain size sensitive populations; Sedimentary environment

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; GRAIN SIZE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHELF SEDIMENT;

CHINA; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

EID: 76749086060     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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