Radiocarbon dates from the East China Sea and their geological implications

Auteurs :
YIJIAN, C.
GUI, P.
WENGIANG, J.

Description :
Radiocarbon data from Neolithic sites, chenier ramparts, peaty deposits, and submarine sediments converge to suggest that oscillations of sea level have occured| they also suggest that the lowest glacial sea levels probably occured between 22,000 and 19,000 yr BP. Calculation of the volume of the Yangtze River Delta, together with C dates, indicates that more than 89 % of the solid particles carried by the river were deposited in the delta. Due to the sedimentary load, the crust beneath the delta has subsided isostatically and tilted seaward.


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Quaternary research New York, 1985, vol. 24, n°. 2, p. 197-203, Références bibliographiques : 29 réf.

Date :
1985