The role of sea-level rise, monsoonal discharge and the palaeo-landscape in the early Holocene evolution of the Pearl River delta, southern China

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 54, Issue , 2012, Pages 77-88

  Zong, Yongqiang ^a   Huang, Kangyou ^b   Yu, Fengling ^c   Zheng, Zhuo ^b   Switzer, Adam ^c   Huang, Guangqing ^d   Wang, Ning ^a   Tang, Min ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Coastal evolution; Microfossil diatoms; Monsoonal discharge; Palaeo incised valleys; Pearl River delta; Sea level rise

Indexed keywords

FLOODS; GEMS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

COASTAL EVOLUTION; MICROFOSSIL DIATOMS; MONSOONAL DISCHARGES; PALAEO-INCISED VALLEYS; PEARL RIVER DELTA; SEA LEVEL RISE;

SEA LEVEL;

COASTAL EVOLUTION; DIATOM; HOLOCENE; INCISED VALLEY; LANDSCAPE HISTORY; MICROFOSSIL; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; MONSOON; RADIOCARBON DATING; RIVER CHANNEL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENT CORE; SHORELINE;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84867702604     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.01.002     Document Type: Article

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