Late Quaternary sequence stratigraphy of the Mackenzie Delta

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1064-1074

  Hill, Philip R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA; FLOODING SURFACE; HOLOCENE; QUATERNARY; QUATERNARY (LATE); SEA LEVEL RISE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, MACKENZIE DELTA;

EID: 0030436891     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-081     Document Type: Article

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