Holocene carbonate precipitates on Precambrian bedrock in the High Arctic: Age and potential for palaeoclimatic information

Geografiska Annaler, Series A: Physical Geography

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 175-192

  Blake Jr , Weston ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DEPOSITION; HOLOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING;

CANADA; ELLESMERE ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 20844450235     PISSN: 04353676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3676.2005.00251.x     Document Type: Article

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