Rhythmic climbing-ripple cross-lamination in inclined heterolithic stratification (IHS) of a macrotidal estuarine channel, Gomso Bay, west coast of Korea

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 550-561

  Choi, Kyungsik ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTUARIES; LAMINATING; PIPELINE BENDS; SEA LEVEL; TEXTURES; WATER LEVELS;

ACTIVE CHANNELS; CLIMBING RIPPLES; DIAGNOSTIC INDICATORS; INCLINED HETEROLITHIC STRATIFICATIONS; MEANDERING CHANNEL; PALEOELEVATION; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION RATES;

RHODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ESTUARY; LAMINATION; MEANDER; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTATION RATE; STRATIFICATION; TIDAL CHANNEL; TIDAL CYCLE; WATER LEVEL;

GOMSO BAY; NORTH CHOLLA; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 77953821977     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2010.054     Document Type: Article

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