The influence of delta formation mechanism on geotechnical property sequence of the late Pleistocene–Holocene sediments in the Mekong River Delta

Heliyon

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Hoang, Truong Minh ^a   van Lap, Nguyen ^b   Oanh, Ta Thi Kim ^b   Jiro, Takemura ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Viet Nam)

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

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Geology

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006264043     PISSN: 24058440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2016.e00165     Document Type: Article

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