Luminescence dating of beach ridges for characterizing multi-decadal to centennial deltaic shoreline changes during Late Holocene, Mekong River delta

Marine Geology

Volumn 326-328, Issue , 2012, Pages 140-153

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

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c VAST   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Delta; Mekong River; Monsoon; OSL dating; Sediment discharge; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

DELTA; MEKONG RIVER; MONSOON; OSL DATING; SEDIMENT DISCHARGE; VIET NAM;

ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; COASTAL ZONES; LUMINESCENCE; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS;

BEACHES;

ACCRETION; BEACH RIDGE; COASTAL ZONE; GROWTH RATE; HOLOCENE; LUMINESCENCE DATING; RADIOCARBON DATING; SHORELINE; SPIT; TIDAL FLAT;

MEKONG DELTA; VIET NAM;

EID: 84868198118     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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