Characterization, identity, distribution, and source of late Cenozoic tephra beds in the Klondike district of the Yukon, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 983-996

  Preece, Shari J ^a   Westgate, John A ^a   Alloway, Brent V ^b   Milner, Michael W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; PROVENANCE; QUATERNARY; TEPHRA;

CANADA;

EID: 0033825628     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e00-011     Document Type: Article

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