Deglaciation of a soft-bedded Laurentide Ice Sheet

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 427-448

  Licciardi, Joseph M ^a   Clark, Peter U ^a   Jenson, John W ^b   Macayeal, Douglas R ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUAM   (Guam)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET;

EID: 0031871667     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(97)00044-9     Document Type: Article

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