Postglacial emergence of Amund and Ellef Ringnes islands, Nunavut: Implications for the northwest sector of the Innuitian Ice Sheet

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-283

  Atkinson, Nigel ^a   England, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ICE;

ICE SHEETS; ISLANDS; PARALLEL ISOBASES;

GLACIERS;

EMERGENCE; GLACIOISOSTASY; HOLOCENE; ISLAND; POSTGLACIAL; SEA LEVEL CHANGE;

AMUND RINGNES ISLAND; CANADA; ELLEF RINGNES ISLAND; NORTH AMERICA; NUNAVUT; QUEEN ELIZABETH ISLANDS;

EID: 2342447404     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e03-095     Document Type: Article

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