Dendrochronology and late Holocene history of Bering piedmont glacier, Alaska

Quaternary Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 185-195

  Wiles, Gregory C ^a   Post, Austin ^b   Muller, Ernest H ^c   Molnia, Bruce F ^b  

^a 931 College Mall   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Bering glacier; Dendrochronology; Holocene; Neoglaciation; Surging glacier

Indexed keywords

DENDROCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL HISTORY; HOLOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

ALASKA; BERING GLACIER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033402270     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.1999.2054     Document Type: Article

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