Late Wisconsinan glaciation of Amund and Ellef Ringnes islands, Nunavut: Evidence for the configuration, dynamics, and deglacial chronology of the northwest sector of the Innuitian Ice Sheet

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-363

  Atkinson, Nigel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE; LANDFORMS; WATER WAVES;

GLACIATION;

EARTH SCIENCES;

CHRONOLOGY; DEGLACIATION; GLACIATION; ICE SHEET; PALEOCLIMATE; WISCONSINAN;

CANADA;

EID: 0037879510     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e02-106     Document Type: Article

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