Pollen transport through distributaries and depositional patterns in coastal waters

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 149, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 257-270

  Chmura, Gail L ^a   Smirnov, Alexei ^a   Campbell, Ian D ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atchafalaya River; Gulf of Mexico; Mississippi River; Neritic environments; Taphonomy

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; POLLEN; TAPHONOMY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033152708     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(98)00205-3     Document Type: Article

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