Pleistocene glacimarine sedimentation on the continental slope off Vancouver Island, British Columbia

Marine Geology

Volumn 255, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 45-54

  Cosma, T ^a   Hendy, I L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cordilleran ice sheet; Cyclic sedimentation; Glacimarine sediment; Ice rafted debris

Indexed keywords

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CONTINENTAL SLOPES; CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; CYCLIC SEDIMENTATION; GLACIMARINE SEDIMENT; ICE RAFTED DEBRIS; ICE SHEETS; LITHOGENIC; PLEISTOCENE; SEDIMENT FACIES; SEDIMENT GRAIN SIZES; VANCOUVER;

GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTATION;

CONTINENTAL SLOPE; CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; FACIES; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; GRAIN SIZE; ICE SHEET; ICE-RAFTED DEBRIS; ISLAND; MELTWATER; PLEISTOCENE; PLUME; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 52049084104     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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