Seasonal sediment and diatom record from Late Holocene laminated sediments, Effingham Inlet, British Columbia, Canada

Palaios

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 477-494

  Chang, Alice S ^a   Patterson, R Timothy ^a   McNeely, Roger ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DIATOM; FOSSIL RECORD; HOLOCENE; SEDIMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; EFFINGHAM INLET; NORTH AMERICA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; LAMIINAE;

EID: 0742287997     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1669/0883-1351(2003)018<0477:SSADRF>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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