Tree-ring dates for the maximum Little Ice Age advance of Kaskawulsh Glacier, St. Elias Mountains, Canada

Arctic

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 14-20

  Reyes, Alberto V ^a,b   Luckman, Brian H ^c   Smith, Dan J ^d   Clague, John J ^a,e   Van Dorp, Richard D ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dendrochronology; Kaskawulsh Glacier; Kluane Lake; Little Ice Age; St. Elias Mountains

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; DATING METHOD; DEPOSITION; HOLOCENE; TILL; TREE RING;

ALASKA; CANADA; KASKAWULSH GLACIER; KLUANE LAKE; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT ELIAS MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES; YUKON TERRITORY;

PICEA GLAUCA;

EID: 33645966528     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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