Contemporary sedimentation rates and depositional structures in a montane lake basin, southern Coast Mountains, British Columbia, Canada

Earth Surface Processes and Landforms

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1311-1324

  Schiefer, Erik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioturbation; Lake sediments; Sedimentation rates; Spatial variability; Varves

Indexed keywords

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS;

BIOTURBATION; LAKE SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENTATION RATES; SPATIAL VARIABILITY; VARVES;

LAKES;

FAILURE (MECHANICAL); FLOW OF WATER; FLOW PATTERNS; LAKES; LANDFORMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTS;

ACCUMULATION; BIOTURBATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FLOODING; INFLOW; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SEDIMENTATION RATE; VARVE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; COAST MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33749046128     PISSN: 01979337     EISSN: 10969837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/esp.1332     Document Type: Article

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