A modern analogue for plant colonization of palaeotsunami sands in Cascadia, British Columbia, Canada

Holocene

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 877-886

  Hughes, Jonathan F ^a   Mathewes, Rolf W ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Canada; Cascadia earthquake; Modern analogue; Palaeotsunami; Particle size; Pioneer vegetation; Plant zonation; Pollen analysis; Salt marsh; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; PALYNOLOGY; PIONEER SPECIES; SALTMARSH; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; STRATIGRAPHY; TSUNAMI; VEGETATION;

CAREX LYNGBYEI; PLANTAGO MARITIMA; PUCCINELLIA PUMILA; SALICORNIA VIRGINICA; SPERGULARIA CANADENSIS; TRIGLOCHIN MARITIMUM;

EID: 0142103658     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683603hl670rp     Document Type: Article

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