Paleogeography, glacially induced crustal displacement, and Late Quaternary coastlines on the continental shelf of British Columbia, Canada

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 295-318

  Hetherington, Renée ^a,b   Barrie, J Vaughn ^a,b   Reid, Robert G B ^b   MacLeod, Roger ^a   Smith, Dan J ^b  

^a Geological Survey of Canada Sidney   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; INTERPOLATION; SEA ICE; VISCOSITY;

GEOSTATISTICAL MODELS; PALEOGEOGRAPHY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CRUSTAL DEFORMATION; DEGLACIATION; GLACIOEUSTACY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS;

EID: 1242277248     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2003.04.001     Document Type: Article

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