Late Wisconsinan erosion and eolian deposition, Summer Island area, Pleistocene Mackenzie Delta, Northwest Territories: Optical dating and implications for glacial chronology

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 190-199

  Murton, Julian B ^a,d   French, Hugh M ^b   Lamothe, Michel ^c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN DEPOSITION; EROSION; GLACIAL CHRONOLOGY; GLACIATION LIMIT; OPTICAL DATING; WISCONSINAN;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, MACKENZIE DELTA, SUMMER ISLAND;

EID: 0030684091     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-015     Document Type: Article

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