Investigation of high-level glaciofluvial terraces and re-evaluation of the established soil stratigraphy for early and middle Pleistocene surfaces, central Yukon, Canada

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Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 96-105

  Huscroft, Crystal A ^a   Ward, Brent C ^b   Jackson Jr , Lionel E ^c   Tarnocai, Charles E ^d  

^a THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PLEISTOCENE; RIVER TERRACE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 32144453373     PISSN: 03009483     EISSN: 15023885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1502-3885.2006.tb01115.x     Document Type: Article

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