Glacier dynamics and paleoclimatic change during the last glaciation of eastern Ellesmere Island, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 779-799

  England, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARIDITY; CALVING; DEGLACIATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; LAST GLACIAL; PALAEOCLIMATE;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, ELLESMERE ISLAND;

EID: 0030440468     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-060     Document Type: Article

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