Holocene glaciation and climate evolution of Baffin Island, Arctic Canada

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 24, Issue 14-15, 2005, Pages 1703-1721

  Miller, Gifford H ^a   Wolfe, Alexander P ^b   Briner, Jason P ^a,e   Sauer, Peter E ^c   Nesje, Atle ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ENGINEERING; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; SEA ICE; VEGETATION;

COLD SUMMERS; COSMOGENIC EXPOSURE (CE); LAKE SEDIMENTS; THERMAL MAXIMA;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIATION; HOLOCENE;

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

EID: 23044512198     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2004.06.021     Document Type: Article

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