Cryostratigraphy, paleogeography, and climate change during the early Holocene warm interval, western Arctic coast, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 912-925

  Burn, C R ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTLINE RETREAT; HOLOCENE; HOLOCENE CLIMATE; PALAEOCLIMATE;

CANADA, ARCTIC;

EID: 0031413860     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-076     Document Type: Article

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