Holocene delta evolution and sequence stratigraphy of the Pearl River Delta in South China

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1523-1541

  Wei, Xing ^a,b   Wu, Chao Yu ^b  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

delta evolution; Holocene; Pearl River Delta; stratigraphic framework

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DELTA EVOLUTION; DIFFERENT SCALE; EROSION SURFACES; EVOLUTION MODELS; FILLING PROCESS; FLUVIAL FACIES; FLUVIAL SEDIMENT; HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS TRACT; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; HOLOCENES; NATURAL PROCESS; OCEAN DYNAMICS; PARALLEL DEVELOPMENT; PEARL RIVER DELTA; SEDIMENTARY BODIES; SEDIMENTARY CHARACTERISTICS; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SOUTH CHINA; STRATIGRAPHIC FRAMEWORK; TRANSFORMATION EFFECTS;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; ESTUARIES; GEMS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

RIVERS;

BOREHOLE LOGGING; CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DELTA; EROSION RATE; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HOLOCENE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 80053565888     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-011-4238-6     Document Type: Article

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