Inter- and supratidal sedimentology of a fjord-head estuary, south-western British Columbia

Sedimentology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1031-1051

  Gibson, Jonathan W ^a,b   Hickin, Edward J ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SNC LAVALIN INC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DELTA; DELTAIC DEPOSITS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENTATION; ESTUARY; FACIES; FJORD; FJORD-HEAD ESTUARY; FLOODPLAIN; TIDAL ENVIRONMENT;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SQUAMISH RIVER ESTUARY;

EID: 0031425636     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.1997.d01-60.x     Document Type: Article

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