Evolution of Cheekye fan, Squamish, British Columbia: Holocene sedimentation and implications for hazard assessment

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2023-2031

  Friele, Pierre A ^a   Ekes, C ^b   Hickin, E J ^b  

^a Simon Fraser University ^*  (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CHEEKYE FAN; HOWE SOUND;

EID: 0033504707     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-090     Document Type: Article

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