Yangtze offshore, China: Highly laminated sediments from the transition zone between subaqueous delta and the continental shelf

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 62, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 161-168

  Wang, Zhanghua ^a   Saito, Yoshiki ^b   Hori, Kazuaki ^c   Kitamura, Akihisa ^d   Chen, Zhongyuan ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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

^c MEIJO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

highly laminated sediment; storm generated sedimentation; submarine tidal current; transition zone; Yangtze offshore

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; TIDAL CURRENT; TRANSITION ZONE;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD; YANGTZE ESTUARY;

BIVALVIA;

EID: 9944247729     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2004.08.012     Document Type: Article

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