The chronostratigraphy of Late Pleistocene glacial and periglacial aeolian activity in the Tuktoyaktuk Coastlands, NWT, Canada

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 19-20, 2006, Pages 2552-2568

  Bateman, Mark D ^a   Murton, Julian B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIERS; LAKES; SAND; STRATIGRAPHY;

LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET (LIS); SAND-SHEET AGGRADATION; THERMOKARST LAKES;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; COASTAL ZONE; DUNE; EOLIAN DEPOSIT; GLACIOFLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PERIGLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOCARBON DATING; SAND; THERMOKARST;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; TUKTOYAKTUK PENINSULA;

EID: 33747883684     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.07.023     Document Type: Article

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