Late Holocene sedimentary and environmental development of the northern Mekong River Delta, Vietnam

Quaternary International

Volumn 230, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 57-66

  Proske, Ulrike ^a   Hanebuth, Till J J ^a   Gröger, Jens ^a   Diêm, Bùi Phát ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Provincial Museum Long An   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA; HOLOCENE; LAND RECLAMATION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; PROGRADATION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TIDAL FLAT;

CAMBODIA; MEKONG DELTA; MEKONG RIVER; VIET NAM;

EID: 78650955611     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.11.032     Document Type: Article

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