Origin and evolution of interdistributary delta plains; insights from Mekong River Delta

Geology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 303-306

  Tamura, Toru ^a,b   Saito, Yoshiki ^a   Lap Nguyen, V ^c   Oanh Ta, T K ^c   Bateman, Mark D ^b   Matsumoto, Dan ^a   Yamashita, Shota ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACH RIDGE; COASTAL PROCESS; DELTA PLAIN; KEY PROCESS; LARGE RIVERS; LATE HOLOCENE; LONG-TERM EVOLUTION; MEKONG DELTA; MEKONG RIVER; OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE; RIVER DELTAS; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENT DRIFT; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SEDIMENTARY EVOLUTION; TIDE EFFECTS; VIET NAM; WINTER MONSOON;

BEACHES; POPULATION STATISTICS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

COASTAL ZONES;

AGGRADATION; ASYMMETRY; BEACH RIDGE; DELTA; DELTAIC DEPOSIT; GEOMETRY; SEDIMENT CORE;

MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84861399692     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 19432682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G32717.1     Document Type: Article

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