Numerical modeling of late Glacial Laurentide advance of ice across Hudson Strait: Insights into terrestrial and marine geology, mass balance, and calving flux

Paleoceanography

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 97-110

  Pfeffer, W T ^a   Dyurgerov, M ^a   Kaplan, M ^a   Dwyer, J ^a,b   Sassolas, C ^a   Jennings, A ^a   Raup, B ^a,c   Manley, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b University of New Hampshire   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALVING; FRESHWATER INPUT; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER MASS BALANCE; GLACIERS; ICE ADVANCE; ICE CAPS; LATE GLACIAL ADVANCE; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MODEL;

CANADA, HUDSON STRAIT; CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, BAFFIN ISLAND;

EID: 0030913314     PISSN: 08838305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96pa03065     Document Type: Article

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