Isolation basin records of late Quaternary sea-level change, central mainland British Columbia, Canada

Quaternary International

Volumn 310, Issue , 2013, Pages 181-198

  Roe, Helen M ^a   Doherty, Christine T ^a   Patterson, R Timothy ^b   Milne, Glenn A ^c  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; GLACIOISOSTASY; HOLOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; POSTGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; UPPER MANTLE; VISCOSITY;

BELIZE INLET; BELLA COOLA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; HECATE STRAIT; PRINCE RUPERT; QUEEN CHARLOTTE SOUND; SEYMOUR INLET; STRAIT OF GEORGIA; VANCOUVER ISLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84884416064     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2013.01.026     Document Type: Article

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