Bryozoan-rich layers in surficial Labrador Slope sediments, eastern Canadian Arctic

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 337-350

  Thomas, F C ^a   Hardy, I A ^a   Rashid, H ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

BRYOZOAN FRAGMENTS;

EARTH SCIENCES;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; INVERTEBRATE; MORPHOLOGY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SKELETAL REMAINS;

LABRADOR SEA;

BRYOZOA; IDMIDRONEA ATLANTICA;

EID: 0012634247     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e03-001     Document Type: Article

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