Late Pleistocene glacimarine record in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Marine Geology

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 43-57

  Cowan, E A ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Glacimarine sedimentation; Lithofacies; Pleistocene; Saanich Inlet

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION;

CLAY; DEPOSITION; SAND; SEDIMENTS; SILT;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; MARINE SEDIMENT; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENTATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0342973221     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(00)00141-9     Document Type: Article

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