Lithological and palynological evidence of late Quaternary depositional environments in the subaqueous Yangtze delta, China

Quaternary Research

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 550-562

  Wang, Zhanghua ^a   Xu, Hao ^a   Zhan, Qing ^a   Saito, Yoshiki ^b   He, Zhongfa ^c   Xie, Jianlei ^c   Li, Xiao ^c   Dong, Yonghong ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

Author keywords

Depositional system; East Asia monsoon; Sea level fluctuation; Sedimentation rate

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DINOFLAGELLATE CYST; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; GRAIN SIZE; INCISED VALLEY; LITHOLOGY; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DINOPHYCEAE;

EID: 77952292046     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.11.001     Document Type: Article

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