Recurring tide-dominated sedimentation in Kyonggi Bay (west coast of Korea): Similarity of tidal deposits in late Pleistocene and Holocene sequences

Marine Geology

Volumn 212, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 81-96

  Choi, K S ^a,b   Dalrymple, R W ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Korea Institute of Geosceince and Mineral Resources   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Holocene; late Pleistocene; macrotidal sedimentation; paleotidal reconstruction; tidal rhythmites; Yellow Sea

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; TIDAL DEPOSITS; TIDAL FACIES; TIDE-DOMINATED SEDIMENTATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SEA LEVEL; TIDAL POWER; TIDES;

SEDIMENTATION;

HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; RHYTHMITE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION; TIDAL CYCLE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KOREA; KYONGGI; SOUTH KOREA; WORLD;

EID: 8444221722     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.07.008     Document Type: Article

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