Relative sea-level change inferred from intertidal sediments beneath marshes on Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Quaternary International

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 49-54

  Benson, Boyd E ^a,d   Clague, John J ^b,c   Grimm, Kurt A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Geo Engineers   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 0033379860     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1040-6182(99)00006-3     Document Type: Article

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