The sand ridge field of the South Yellow Sea: Origin by river-sea interaction

Marine Geology

Volumn 291-294, Issue , 2012, Pages 132-146

  Wang, Ying ^a   Zhang, Yongzhan ^a   Zou, Xinqing ^a   Zhu, Dakui ^a   Piper, David ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Borehole; Buried channel; Provenance; Seismic profiles; Tidal sand ridge

Indexed keywords

BURIED CHANNEL; DEEP BOREHOLES; DISTRIBUTARY CHANNELS; HEAVY MINERALS; HIGH RESOLUTION; HOLOCENE TRANSGRESSION; LATE PLEISTOCENE; PROVENANCE; RAVINEMENT; RIDGE FIELDS; RIDGE PATTERNS; SEALEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT COMPOSITION; SEISMIC PROFILES; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TIDAL CURRENTS; TIDAL SAND RIDGE; YELLOW SEA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BOREHOLES; CLAY MINERALS; MINERALS; OCEAN CURRENTS; RIVERS; SEA LEVEL; SEISMIC WAVES;

SAND;

BATHYMETRY; BOREHOLE; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY MINERAL; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; ESTUARINE FRONT; HEAVY MINERAL; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; PROVENANCE; REWORKING; SAND RIDGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEAFLOOR; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SEISMOLOGY; TIDAL CURRENT; TRANSGRESSION;

CHINA; JIANGSU; PACIFIC OCEAN; YANGTZE RIVER; YELLOW RIVER; YELLOW SEA;

EID: 84857191359     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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