The last glaciation of east-central Ellesmere Island, Nunavut: Ice dynamics, deglacial chronology, and sea level change

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1355-1371

  England, John ^a   Smith, I Rod ^a   Evans, David J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIER DYNAMICS; LAST GLACIATION; PALEOCLIMATE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

CANADA;

EID: 0033708087     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e00-060     Document Type: Article

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