The glacial and sea-level history of Darling Peninsula, eastern Ellesmere Island

Geographie Physique et Quaternaire

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 349-359

  Gualtieri, Lyn ^a,b   England, John ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERRATIC; GLACIAL HISTORY; MELTWATER; MORAINE; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL;

EID: 0032449661     PISSN: 07057199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/004830ar     Document Type: Article

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