Late Holocene diatom biostratigraphy and sea-level changes in the southeastern Beaufort Sea

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-80

  Campeau, Stéphane ^b   Héquette, Arnaud ^a   Pienitz, Reinhard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; DIATOM; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

BEAUFORT SEA;

EID: 0040952843     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-107     Document Type: Article

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