Mid-Wisconsinan eolian deposits of the Kittigazuit Formation, Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, Northwest Territories, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1421-1441

  Dallimore, Scott R ^a   Wolfe, Stephen A ^a   Matthews Jr , John V ^a   Vincent, Jean Serge ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEOLIAN DEPOSIT; DUNE DEPOSIT; WISCONSINAN;

CANADA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, TUKTOYAKTUK;

EID: 0031425969     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e17-116     Document Type: Article

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