Morphology and facies architecture of a falling sea level strandplain, Umiujaq, Hudson Bay, Canada

Sedimentology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 141-160

  Fraser, Christian ^a,b   Hill, Philip R ^a,c   Allard, Michel ^d  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^b CREGIM   (Canada)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^d CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allostratigraphy; Coastal deposits; Facies; Forced regression; Strandplain

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; FACIES; ISOSTASY; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; UMIUJAQ; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14344260323     PISSN: 00370746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3091.2004.00680.x     Document Type: Article

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