Latest pleistocene and early holocene fluctuations of glaciers in the Canadian and northern American Rockies

Quaternary International

Volumn 38-39, Issue , 1997, Pages 7-19

  Osborn, Gerald ^a   Gerloff, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DEGLACIATION; GLACIER FLUCTUATION; HOLOCENE; MORAINE; PLEISTOCENE; WISCONSINAN;

NORTH AMERICA, ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0030659697     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1040-6182(96)00026-2     Document Type: Article

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