Unusual rates and patterns of Holocene emergence, Ellesmere Island, Arctic Canada

Journal of the Geological Society

Volumn 154, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 781-792

  England, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic region; Ellesmere Island; Isostasy; Neotectonics

Indexed keywords

EMERGENCE; ISOSTASY; NEOTECTONICS; POSTGLACIAL EMERGENCE;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, ELLESMERE ISLAND;

EID: 0031413862     PISSN: 00167649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/gsjgs.154.5.0781     Document Type: Article

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