A synthesis of depositional trends in intertidal and upper subtidal sediments across the tidal-fluvial transition in the Fraser River, Canada

Journal of Sedimentary Research

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 683-698

  La Croix, Andrew D ^a   Dashtgard, Shahin E ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; STRATIGRAPHY; STREAM FLOW; WATER;

BIOTURBATION INTENSITY; COHERENT FRAMEWORKS; FRESHWATER RIVERS; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; GEOCHEMICAL TRENDS; RELATIVE POSITIONS; SHALLOW WATER DEPTHS; SUBTIDAL SEDIMENTS;

RIVERS;

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; ICHNOLOGY; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MARINE SEDIMENT; RIVER CHANNEL; SALINITY; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SHALLOW WATER; TURBIDITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER RIVER;

EID: 84934290691     PISSN: 15271404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2015.47     Document Type: Article

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