Impact of a Quaternary volcano on Holocene sedimentation in Lillooet River valley, British Columbia

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 176, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 305-322

  Friele, P A ^a   Clague, J J ^b,c   Simpson, K ^c   Stasiuk, M ^c  

^a Cordilleran Geoscience ^*  (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Debris flow; Fiord lake; Holocene; Hyperconcentrated flow; Lillooet River; Mount Meager; Stratigraphy; Valley fill

Indexed keywords

DEBRIS FLOW; DELTAIC SEDIMENTATION; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTATION; VOLCANISM;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; LILLOOET VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 18344369548     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2005.01.011     Document Type: Article

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