The relationship between glacial activity and sediment production: Evidence from a 4450-year varve record of neoglacial sedimentation in Hector Lake, Alberta, Canada

Journal of Paleolimnology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 319-330

  Leonard, Eric M ^a  

^a University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

Author keywords

Canadian Rocky Mountains; glacial history; glaciolacustrine sediments; Holocene; Neoglaciation; varves

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL ACTIVITY; NEOGLACIAL; SEDIMENT PRODUCTION; VARVE;

CANADA, ALBERTA, HECTOR LAKE;

EID: 0030616892     PISSN: 09212728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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