Late quaternary deglaciation, glaciomarine sedimentation and glacioisostatic recovery in the Rivière Nastapoka area, eastern Hudson Bay, Northern Québec

Geographie Physique et Quaternaire

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 65-83

  Lajeunesse, Patrick ^a   Allard, Michel ^a  

^a CENTRE D ÉTUDES NORDIQUES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GLACIOISOSTASY; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

CANADA; HUDSON BAY; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12844268617     PISSN: 07057199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/010331ar     Document Type: Article

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