A muddy megaturbidite in the deep central South China Sea deposited ~350yrsBP

Marine Geology

Volumn 346, Issue , 2013, Pages 91-100

  Wetzel, Andreas ^a   Unverricht, Daniel ^b  

^a Geologisch Palaontologisches Institut Universitat Basel   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

C 14 age dating; Colonization; Mud turbidite; South China Sea; Trace fossils

Indexed keywords

AGE DATING; COLONIZATION; MUD TURBIDITE; SOUTH CHINA SEA; TRACE FOSSILS;

GEOLOGY;

STRATIGRAPHY;

AGE DETERMINATION; BURROWING; COLONIZATION; ORGANIC MATTER; PLANKTONIC FORAMINIFERA; SEDIMENTATION; TOPOGRAPHY; TRACE FOSSIL; TURBIDITY; VOLUME; WATER DEPTH;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 84884565430     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.08.010     Document Type: Article

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