Facies architecture and ichnology of recent salt-marsh deposits: Waterside marsh, New Brunswick, Canada

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 596-607

  Dashtgard, Shahin E ^a   Gingras, Murray K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; DEPOSITS; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTS;

CLASTIC SEDIMENTS; COARSE-GRAINED; DEPOSITIONAL SYSTEM; FACIES ARCHITECTURE; HIGH PROBABILITY; PALEOENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION; PRESERVATION POTENTIAL; RELATIVE SEA LEVEL;

WETLANDS;

FACIES ANALYSIS; ICHNOLOGY; SALTMARSH;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BAY OF FUNDY; CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; WATERSIDE MARSH; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27244446282     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2005.049     Document Type: Article

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