Submerged early Holocene coastal and terrestrial landforms on the inner shelves of Atlantic Canada

Quaternary International

Volumn 206, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 24-34

  Shaw, John ^a   Fader, Gordon B ^b   Taylor, Robert B ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Polar Environmental Centre   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LANDFORM; HOLOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL; SHORE PLATFORM; SPIT; TRANSGRESSION; WAVE ENERGY;

BEDFORD BASIN; CANADA; HALIFAX HARBOR; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA;

EID: 69249230928     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2008.07.017     Document Type: Article

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