Sedimentary architecture and post-glacial evolution of Cheekye fan, southwestern British Columbia, Canada

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 211, Issue , 2003, Pages 87-98

  Ékes, Csaba ^a,b   Friele, Pierre ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Terraprobe Geoscience Corp   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; HOLOCENE; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

CANADA;

EID: 0038109760     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2001.211.01.08     Document Type: Article

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