Holocene sedimentation in Lake Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada: Implications of compositional and textural variations

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 265-284

  Henderson, P J ^a   Last, William M ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Holocene; Lacustrine; Lake Winnipeg; Mineralogy; Sediment cores; Sedimentation; Texture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031899884     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007986116660     Document Type: Article

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