Late-glacial flow patterns, deglaciation, and postglacial emergence of south-central Baffin Island and the north-central coast of Hudson Strait, eastern Canadian Arctic

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 1499-1510

  Manley, William F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; EMERGENCE; ICE CAPS; ICE SHEET FLOW; ISOSTASY; LATE QUATERNARY FLOW PATTERNS; QUATERNARY (LATE); UPLIFT;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, BAFFIN ISLAND; HUDSON STRAIT;

EID: 0030426642     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-113     Document Type: Article

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