Ice-wedge casts in Late Wisconsinan glaciofluvial deposits, southern Ontario, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2117-2126

  Gao, Cunhai ^a  

^a Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; GRAVEL; ICE; MORPHOLOGY; PERMAFROST; SAND; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; THERMAL EXPANSION; VEGETATION;

GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSITS; ICE-WEDGE CASTS; THERMAL CONTRACTION;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

DRIFT (GLACIAL DEPOSIT); GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ICE; MORPHOLOGY; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PERMAFROST; RIVER CHANNEL; VEGETATION COVER;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO;

EID: 33646433943     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/e05-072     Document Type: Article

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