Determining the post-glacial evolution of a northeast Pacific coastal fjord using a multiproxy geochemical approach

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1331-1344

  Ivanochko, Tara S ^a   Calvert, Stephen E ^a   Southon, John R ^b   Enkin, Randolph J ^c   Baker, Judith ^c   Dallimore, Audrey ^c   Pedersen, Thomas F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIRE HAZARDS; FORESTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE; OCEANOGRAPHY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

BOTTOM WATERS; COARSE-GRAINED; DEGLACIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES; EUSTATIC SEA-LEVEL RISE; FRESH WATER LAKES; GLACIAL RETREATS; GLACIMARINE SEDIMENTS; GRAIN SIZES; HIGH FREQUENCIES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; ICE CORE RECORDS; ICE CORES; MARINE WATERS; MELTWATER PULSE; OCEAN CIRCULATIONS; PISTON CORES; POST-GLACIAL EVOLUTIONS; REDOX CONDITIONS; SEA-LEVEL RISE; SEDIMENT COMPOSITIONS; SEDIMENTATION RATES; WEST COASTS; YOUNGER DRYAS;

SEDIMENTS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORE ANALYSIS; FJORD; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GRIP; HOLOCENE; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; LAST DEGLACIATION; POSTGLACIAL; YOUNGER DRYAS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; EFFINGHAM INLET; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); VANCOUVER ISLAND;

EID: 59349109990     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E08-030     Document Type: Article

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