Glacial landsystems of the southwest Laurentide ice sheet: Modern Icelandic analogues

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 673-691

  Evans, David J A ^a   Lemmen, Donald S ^b   Rea, Brice R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL LANDFORM; ICE MOVEMENT; ICE SHEET; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; RECONSTRUCTION;

ALBERTA; CANADA; ICELAND;

EID: 0033391836     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1417(199912)14:7<673::aid-jqs467>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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