Contemporary and post-glacial rates of aeolian deposition in the Coast Mountains of British Columbia, Canada

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 267-276

  Owens, Philip N ^a   Slaymaker, Olav ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aeolian deposition; Alpine environment; Atmospheric dust fallout; British Columbia; Cumulic soils; Sediment supply

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN DEPOSITION; ALPINE REGION; ATMOSPHERIC FALLOUT; DUST; POSTGLACIAL;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, COAST MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0031399265     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0459.00022     Document Type: Article

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