Geomorphological reconstruction of the Labrador Sector of the Laurentide Ice Sheet

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 1343-1366

  Clark, Chris D ^a   Knight, Jane K ^a   Gray, James T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIOLOGY; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; RECONSTRUCTION; WISCONSINAN;

EID: 0033867202     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(99)00098-0     Document Type: Article

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