Late Wisconsinan glaciation of southern Eureka Sound: Evidence for extensive Innuitian ice in the Canadian High Arctic during the Last Glacial Maximum

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1319-1341

  Ó Cofaigh, Colm ^a   England, John ^a   Zreda, Marek ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL LANDFORM; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; WISCONSINAN;

CANADA;

EID: 0033861411     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(99)00104-3     Document Type: Article

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