Palaeo-flux records from electron microscope studies of Holocene laminated sediments, Saanich Inlet, British Columbia

Marine Geology

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 139-158

  Dean, J M ^a   Kemp, A E S ^a   Pearce, R B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Holocene palaeoceanography; Holocene palaeoenvironment; Laminated sediment; Marine varves; Saanich Inlet; Sediment fabric

Indexed keywords

COUPLETS;

CLAY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTS; SILT;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

DIATOM; HOLOCENE; LAMINATION; SEDIMENTATION; VARVE;

CANADA;

EID: 0343408491     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(00)00147-X     Document Type: Article

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