The case for an ice shelf in the pleistocene Arctic Ocean

Polar Geography

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-54

  Grosswald, Mikhail G ^a   Hughes, Terence J ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIOLOGY; ICE SHEET; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033361171     PISSN: 1088937X     EISSN: 19390513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10889379909377663     Document Type: Article

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