Glaciological reconstruction of the Laurentide Ice Sheet: Physical processes and modelling challenges

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 769-793

  Marshall, Shawn J ^a,c   Tarasov, Lev ^b   Clarke, Garry K C ^a   Peltier, W Richard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIOLOGY; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; MODELING; PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE;

EID: 0033860621     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e99-113     Document Type: Article

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