Infilling and flooding of the Mekong River incised valley during deglacial sea-level rise

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1432-1444

  Tjallingii, Rik ^a   Stattegger, Karl ^a   Wetzel, Andreas ^b   Van Phach, Phung ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABRUPT TRANSITION; ACCUMULATION RATES; DEGLACIAL; DRILL SITES; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; HIGH RESOLUTION; INCISED VALLEY; INFILLING; MARINE CARBONATES; MEKONG RIVER; MELT WATER; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT COMPOSITION; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; TIDAL SEDIMENTS; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

LAND FILL; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

LANDFORMS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORE ANALYSIS; DATING METHOD; DEGLACIATION; FLOODING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; INCISED VALLEY; INFILL; MELTWATER; POSTGLACIAL; REWORKING; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION RATE; TRANSGRESSION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

CAMBODIA; MEKONG RIVER; VIET NAM;

EID: 77954814861     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.02.022     Document Type: Article

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