Gyrolithes in holocene estuarine incised-valley fill deposits, offshore Southern Vietnam

Palaios

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 239-246

  Wetzel, Andreas ^a   Tjallingii, Rik ^b,c   Stattegger, Karl ^b  

^a Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Estuarine circulation; Gyrolithes; Incised valley fill; Omission; Transgression

Indexed keywords

BURROW; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; HOLOCENE; INCISED VALLEY; OUTFLOW; PALEOSOL; PLEISTOCENE; POREWATER; SALINITY; TIDAL CURRENT; TRACE FOSSIL; TRANSGRESSION;

VIET NAM;

GYROLITHES;

EID: 77949660127     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2009.p09-131r     Document Type: Article

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