The Mackenzie Delta: Sedimentary processes and facies of a high-latitude, fine-grained delta

Sedimentology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1047-1078

  Hill, Philip R ^a   Peter Lewis, C ^b   Desmarais, Simon ^a   Kauppaymuthoo, Vassen ^a   Rais, Hasna ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b ANIMAL HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Delta; Facies; Sedimentary processes

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; DELTA; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT;

ARCTIC OCEAN; MACKENZIE DELTA;

EID: 0034756596     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3091.2001.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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