A continuous holocene glacial record inferred from proglacial lake sediments in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada

Quaternary Research

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-13

  Leonard, Eric M ^a   Reasoner, Mel A ^b,c  

^a University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Altithermal; Canadian Rocky Mountains; Glacial history; Glaciolacustrine sedimentation; Holocene

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; PALEOCLIMATE; SEDIMENTATION RATE;

ALBERTA; BANFF; CANADA;

TRIXIS;

EID: 0032916970     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1998.2009     Document Type: Article

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