Oceanography and quaternary geology of the St. Lawrence Estuary and the Saguenay Fjord

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  De Vernal, A ^a   St Onge, Guillaume ^b   Gilbert, Denis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b INSTITUT DES SCIENCES DE LA MER DE RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BOTTOM WATER; DEGLACIATIONS; FREEZING CONDITIONS; FRESHWATER DISCHARGE; HIGH PRODUCTIVITY; HOLOCENES; LAWRENCE ESTUARIES; RECENT TRENDS; SEASONAL CYCLE; STRATIFIED WATERS; THIN LAYERS;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; OCEANOGRAPHY;

ESTUARIES;

AIR TEMPERATURE; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; BOTTOM WATER; CONFERENCE PROCEEDING; DEGLACIATION; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; DISCHARGE; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FJORD; FREEZING; FRESHWATER INPUT; GLACIATION; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; HISTORY OF GEOLOGY; MUD; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PELAGIC ENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SEASONALITY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SURFACE WATER; WATER MASS;

CANADA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAGUENAY FJORD; SAINT LAWRENCE ESTUARY;

EID: 80053354864     PISSN: 17551307     EISSN: 17551315     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1088/1755-1315/14/1/012004     Document Type: Conference Paper

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