The last glaciation and sea level history of Fosheim Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Canadian High Arctic

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1075-1086

  Bell, Trevor ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GLACIER RUNOFF; ICE CAP; MARINE LIMIT; SEA ICE; SEA LEVEL; SEA LEVEL HISTORY; TRANSGRESSION;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, ELLESMERE ISLAND, FOSHEIM PENINSULA;

EID: 0030440209     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-082     Document Type: Article

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