Modern to Late Holocene deposition in an anoxic fjord on the west coast of Canada: Implications for regional oceanography, climate and paleoseismic history

Marine Geology

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-69

  Dallimore, Audrey ^a   Thomson, Richard E ^b   Bertram, Miriam A ^c  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c NOAA PACIFIC MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anoxic fjords; Laminated sediments; Pacific climate; Regime shift

Indexed keywords

COASTAL UPWELLING EVENTS; DEBRIS FLOWS; LAMINATED SEDIMENTS; OCEANOGRAPHIC SURVEYS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; DEBRIS; OCEANOGRAPHY; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTS; SEISMOLOGY;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; FJORD; HOLOCENE; SEDIMENTATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; EFFINGHAM INLET; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 20744454799     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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