Timing and extent of Allerød and younger dryas age (ca. 12,500-10,000 14C yr B.P.) oscillations of the Cordilleran Ice Sheet in the Fraser Lowland, western North America

Quaternary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 208-224

  Kovanen, Dori J ^a   Easterbrook, Don J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aller d; Climate change; Fraser Lowland; Sumas; Younger dryas

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; ICE RETREAT; ICE SHEET; PALEOCLIMATE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; TOPOGRAPHY; YOUNGER DRYAS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; FRASER LOWLAND; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON;

SIMIAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0036525463     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/qres.2001.2307     Document Type: Article

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