Holocene emergence and shoreline delevelling, southern Eureka Sound, High Arctic Canada

Geographie Physique et Quaternaire

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 235-247

  Ó Cofaigh, Colm ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENE; POSTGLACIAL REBOUND; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC; EUREKA SOUND;

EID: 0033513309     PISSN: 07057199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/004827ar     Document Type: Article

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