Numerical modelling of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in the Baffin Island region: The role of a Cumberland Sound ice stream

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1315-1326

  Kaplan, Michael R ^a   Pfeffer, W Tad ^a   Sassolas, Christophe ^a   Miller, Gifford H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE MOVEMENT; ICE SHEET; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MODELING;

BAFFIN ISLAND; CANADA; NUNAVUT;

EID: 0033496683     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-027     Document Type: Article

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