Ice-flow history and glacial dispersal patterns, southeastern Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia: Implications for mineral exploration

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 351-362

  McClenaghan, M B ^a   DiLabio, R N W ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DISPERSAL; ICE FLOW HISTORY; MINERAL EXPLORATION; TILL;

CANADA, NOVA SCOTIA, CAPE BRETON ISLAND;

EID: 0030456479     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e96-026     Document Type: Article

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