Shelfbreak gullies; products of sea-level lowstand and sediment failure: Examples from Bowser Basin, Northern British Columbia

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1232-1240

  Ricketts, Brian D ^a   Evenchick, Carol A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GULLY; JURASSIC; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0033492006     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1306/D4268B49-2B26-11D7-8648000102C1865D     Document Type: Article

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