Postglacial evolution of a pacific coastal fjord in British Columbia, Canada: Interactions of sealevel change, crustal response, and environmental fluctuations - Results from MONA core MD02-2494

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1345-1362

  Dallimore, Audrey ^a   Enkin, Randolph J ^b   Pienitz, Reinhard ^c   Southon, John R ^d   Baker, Judith ^b   Wright, Cynthia A ^e   Peciersen, Tom F ^f   Calvert, Steve E ^g   Ivanochko, Tara ^g   Thomson, Richard E ^e  

^a ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^c CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORESTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDFORMS; OCEANOGRAPHY; WATER LEVELS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; DEGLACIATION; DIATOM ASSEMBLAGES; ENVIRONMENTAL FLUCTUATIONS; MANTLE VISCOSITIES; PISTON CORES; POST-GLACIAL EVOLUTIONS; RADIOCARBON DATES; SEA-LEVEL CHANGES; SEA-LEVEL CURVES; SECULAR VARIATIONS; SEDIMENTARY RECORDS; WEST COASTS;

SEA LEVEL;

ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FJORD; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; POSTGLACIAL; RADIOCARBON DATING; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; EFFINGHAM INLET; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; MAZAMA;

EID: 59349083837     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E08-042     Document Type: Article

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