Ice-flow evolution of the Labrador Sector of the Laurentide Ice Sheet: A review, with new evidence from northern Quebec

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 8-9, 1999, Pages 993-1019

  Veillette, J J ^a   Dyke, A S ^a   Roy, M ^b  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL TRANSPORT; GLACIER FLOW; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; RECONSTRUCTION;

CANADA;

EID: 0033166977     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(98)00076-6     Document Type: Article

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