The Little Ice Age in the Canadian Rockies

Geomorphology

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 357-384

  Luckman, B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Rockies; Climate change; Glacier fluctuations; Little Ice Age; Tree rings; Varves

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIER DYNAMICS; LITTLE ICE AGE; TREE RING; VARVE;

CANADA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

EID: 0034019844     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-555X(99)00104-X     Document Type: Article

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