Context of relict Wisconsinan glacial ice at Angus Lake, SW banks Island, western Canadian Arctic and stratigraphic implications

Boreas

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 543-550

  Worsley, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIOLOGY; ICE; PERMAFROST; PROVENANCE; WISCONSINAN;

BANKS ISLAND; CANADA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 0033367798     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1999.tb00240.x     Document Type: Article

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