The record of an extreme flood in the sediments of montane Lillooet Lake, British Columbia: Implications for paleoenvironmental assessment

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 737-745

  Gilbert, Robert ^a   Crookshanks, Sarah ^a   Hodder, Kyle R ^a   Spagnol, John ^b   Stull, Roland B ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Floods; Glacial lakes; Sediment supply; Sedimentation; Turbidity currents; Varves

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FLOOD DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT; STRATIGRAPHY; TEXTURE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CORDILLERA; LILLOOET LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; PARAGUAY; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745594023     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10933-005-5152-8     Document Type: Article

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