Tsunami deposits beneath tidal marshes on northwestern Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Quaternary Research

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 192-204

  Benson, Boyd E ^a,c   Grimm, Kurt A ^a   Clague, John J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Geo Engineers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MARSHES; SEDIMENTATION; TSUNAMIS;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 0031284599     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1997.1911     Document Type: Article

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