Early Holocene initiation of the Mekong River delta, Vietnam, and the response to Holocene sea-level changes detected from DT1 core analyses

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 230, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 146-155

  Nguyen, Van Lap ^a   Ta, Thi Kim Oanh ^a   Saito, Yoshiki ^b  

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

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

Author keywords

Accumulation rate; Delta initiation; Diatom; Sea level rise; Sedimentary facies

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; DELTA INITIATION; DIATOM; SEA LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENTARY FACIES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CORE ANALYSIS; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; FACIES ANALYSIS; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENE; INCISED VALLEY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MICROFOSSIL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

MEKONG RIVER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 78650514087     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.07.006     Document Type: Article

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