Holocene glacimarine sedimentation and macrofossil palaeoecology in the Canadian high arctic: Environmental controls

Marine Geology

Volumn 145, Issue 3-4, 1998, Pages 151-171

  Aitken, Alec E ^a   Bell, Trevor J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Axel Heiberg Island; Ellesmere Island; Glacimarine sediments; Holocene; Palaeoecology; Sedimentary processes

Indexed keywords

BIVALVE; DEGLACIATION; GLACIOMARINE SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; PALAEOECOLOGY;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 0032031798     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(97)00119-9     Document Type: Article

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