Late Wisconsinan ice retreat from the Scotian Shelf

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 108, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1056-1067

  King, Lewis H ^a  

^a Marine Geological Department   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW PATTERNS; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; STRATIGRAPHY;

COASTAL AREA; FLOATING ICE; HEINRICH EVENTS; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEETS; NORTH ATLANTIC; SCOTIAN SHELF; SHORT PERIODS; YOUNGER DRYAS; ICE FLOW;

ICE;

FLOATING ICE; HEINRICH EVENT; ICE FLOW; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; WISCONSINAN; YOUNGER DRYAS; DEGLACIATION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); ATLANTIC; SCOTIAN SHELF;

EID: 0029848636     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1996)108<1056:LWIRFT>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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