A Middle Pleistocene (isotope stage 10) glacial sequence in the Stikine River valley, British Columbia

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1428-1438

  Spooner, Ian S ^a   Osborn, Gerald D ^b   Barendregt, R ^c   Irving, E ^d  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^d Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL ADVANCE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE STAGE 10; PALAEOMAGNETISM; PLEISTOCENE; PLEISTOCENE STRATIGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, STIKINE RIVER VALLEY;

EID: 0030419354     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-107     Document Type: Article

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