Late Quaternary glacial history of Lake Hazen Basin and eastern Hazen Plateau, northern Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1547-1565

  Smith, I Rod ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HISTORY; ICE SHEET; QUATERNARY;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NUNAVUT;

EID: 0033496621     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-046     Document Type: Article

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