Early Holocene glacial lakes and ice marginal retreat pattern in Labrador/Ungava, Canada

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 193, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 473-501

  Jansson, Krister N ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deglaciation; Glacial lake; Labrador Ungava; Laurentide Ice Sheet; Retreat pattern; Shorelines

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GLACIAL LAKE; HOLOCENE; ICE MARGIN; ICE RETREAT; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET;

CANADA; LABRADOR; QUEBEC; UNGAVA;

EID: 0037403987     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0031-0182(03)00262-1     Document Type: Article

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