Early Holocene delevelling and deglaciation of the Cumberland sound region, Baffin Island, Arctic Canada

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 445-462

  Kaplan, Michael R ^a,b   Miller, Gifford H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic; Baffin Island; Exposure age; Glacial geology; Isostatic rebound; Laurentide ice sheet

Indexed keywords

MAPPED ZERO ISOLINES;

CARBON; ICE; SEA LEVEL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

GEOLOGY;

DEGLACIATION; EUSTACY; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIAL REBOUND; GLACIOISOSTASY; ICE MARGIN;

CANADA;

EID: 0038641849     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(2003)115<0445:EHDADO>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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