Late Wisconsinan deglaciation and glacial lake development in the appalachians of southeastern Quebec

Geographie Physique et Quaternaire

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 117-135

  Parent, Michel ^a   Occhietti, Serge ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL LAKE; ICE MOVEMENT; ICE SHEET; WISCONSINAN;

APPALACHIAN MOUNTAINS; CANADA; QUEBEC;

CANDONA;

EID: 0032716673     PISSN: 07057199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/004859ar     Document Type: Article

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