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Author : Gucluer, S.M.; and Gross, M.G.
Date : 1964
Title : Recent marine sediments in Saanich Inlet, a stagnant marine basin
Publication : Limnology and Oceanography
Issue : 9(3):
Page(s) : 359-367
Abstract
Saanich Inlet, a small fjordlike marine embayment on Vancouver Island, with small drainage area, has H (sub 2) S in the bottom water during most of the year because of restricted water circulation. About 10 (super 5) metric tons of sediment is deposited each year; 25-35 percent is derived from marine organisms, chiefly diatoms, the rest is terrigenous. Sediments are analyzed from cores; three major types are differentiated, and five sources are distinguished. The varved sediments in the central basin consist of olive-gray laminae, apparently formed during peak diatom production in spring or summer, and olive-black laminae containing more terrigenous sediment, probably formed during autumn or winter.
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