Coalescent Greenland and Innuitian ice during the Last Glacial Maximum: Revising the Quaternary of the Canadian High Arctic

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 421-456

  England, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HISTORY; ICE MOVEMENT; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; QUATERNARY;

CANADA;

EID: 0033106210     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(98)00070-5     Document Type: Article

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