Dispersal of the Zhujiang River (Pearl River) derived sediment in the Holocene

Acta Oceanologica Sinica

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1-9

  Ge, Qian ^a   Liu, J P ^b   Xue, Zuo ^b   Chu, Fengyou ^a  

^a Ministry of Natural Resources of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

clinoform; mud; South China Sea; Zhujiang River

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891390093     PISSN: 0253505X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13131-014-0407-8     Document Type: Article

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