Glacial landform-sediment assemblages in the Canadian High Arctic and their implications for late Quaternary glaciation

Annals of Glaciology

Volumn 28, Issue , 1999, Pages 195-201

  Ó Cofaigh, C ^a,d   Lemmen, D S ^b   Evans, D J A ^c   Bednarski, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL LANDFORM; GLACIATION; QUATERNARY;

CANADA;

EID: 0033389852     PISSN: 02603055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3189/172756499781821760     Document Type: Article

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