The Nastapoka drift belt, eastern Hudson Bay: Implications of a stillstand of the Quebec-Labrador ice margin in the Tyrrell Sea at 8 ka BP

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-76

  Lajeunesse, Patrick ^a   Allard, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; RADIOMETRY; SEA ICE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

MOUNTAINS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DEGLACIATION; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; ICE MARGIN; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY; TRANSGRESSION;

CANADA;

EID: 0037248693     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-085     Document Type: Article

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