Carbonate dispersal trains, secondary till plumes, and ice streams in the west Foxe Sector, Laurentide Ice Sheet

Boreas

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 144-156

  Dredge, Lynda A ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DISPERSAL; GLACIER FLOW; ICE STREAM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; WISCONSINAN;

CANADA; CANADIAN ARCTIC;

EID: 0034211043     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2000.tb01207.x     Document Type: Article

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