Recurring middle Pleistocene outburst floods in east-central Alaska

Quaternary Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 50-62

  Froese, Duane G ^a   Smith, Derald G ^b   Westgate, John A ^c   Ager, Thomas A ^d   Preece, Shari J ^c   Sandhu, Amanjit ^c   Enkin, Randolph J ^e   Weber, Florence ^f  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^f U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early middle Pleistocene; Glacial chronology; Outburst floods; Tephra; Yukon River

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIATION; OUTBURST; PALEOFLOOD; PLEISTOCENE; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES; YUKON RIVER;

EID: 0042824111     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-5894(03)00090-5     Document Type: Article

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