Cryostratigraphy of the Klondike "muck" deposits, west-central Yukon Territory

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 849-861

  Kotler, E ^a,b   Burn, C R ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RR3   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL DEPOSIT; ICE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE RATIO; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANADA;

EID: 0033843015     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e00-013     Document Type: Article

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