Late tertiary to late Quaternary record in the Mackenzie Mountains, Northwest Territories, Canada: Stratigraphy, paleosols, paleomagnetism, and chlorine-36

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 875-895

  Duk Rodkin, A ^a   Barendregt, R W ^b   Tarnocai, C ^c   Phillips, P M ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGE   (Canada)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^d NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLUVIUM; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; PALAEOCLIMATE; PALEOSOL;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, MACKENZIE MOUNTAINS, CANYON RANGE;

EID: 0030440521     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-066     Document Type: Article

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