Evidence for water storage and drainage at the base of the Laurentide ice sheet, south-central Alberta, Canada

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 28, Issue , 1999, Pages 175-180

  Munro Stasiuk, Mandy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HYDROLOGY; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; SUBGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 0033376743     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756499781821607     Document Type: Article

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