Organic-Rich Facies in Paraglacial Barrier Lithosomes of Northern New England: Preservation and Paleoenvironmental Significance

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 36, Issue , 2002, Pages 109-117

  Buynevich, Ilya V ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Duncan M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

backbarrier; GPR; gyttja; Maine; peat; preservation; stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745016557     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/1551-5036-36.sp1.109     Document Type: Conference Paper

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