Pelagic diatom assemblages are good indicators of mixed water intrusions into Saanich Inlet, a stratified fjord in Vancouver Island

Marine Geology

Volumn 174, Issue 1-4, 2001, Pages 125-138

  Hobson, L A ^a   McQuoid, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diatoms; Dinoflagellates; Flagellates; Saanich inlet; Tides

Indexed keywords

SPRING TIDES;

NITROGEN; SEDIMENTS; TIDES; WATER;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

DIATOM; FJORD; MIXING; OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; STRATIFICATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0343844463     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(00)00146-8     Document Type: Article

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