Varved Marine Sediments in a Stagnant Fjord
- 6 September 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 141 (3584) , 918-919
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.141.3584.918
Abstract
Varved sediments, containing planktonic marine diatoms, occur in Saanich Inlet, British Columbia. An olive-gray lamina, rich in opal, apparently forms during the bloom of Skeletonema costatum in the spring or summer, after which an olive-black lamina is deposited.Keywords
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- Oceanography of Saanich Inlet in Vancouver Island, British ColumbiaJournal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1962