Cosmogenic 36Cl dating of the maximum limit of the Laurentide Ice Sheet in southwestern Alberta

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1347-1356

  Jackson Jr , Lionel E ^a   Phillips, Fred M ^b   Little, Edward C ^c  

^a Terrain Sci Div Geol Surv C   (Canada)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; ICE SHEET; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; QUATERNARY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ALBERTA; CANADA;

EID: 0343569884     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjes-36-8-1347     Document Type: Article

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