Ice streams of the Laurentide Ice Sheet

Geographie Physique et Quaternaire

Volumn 58, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 269-280

  Winsborrow, Monica C M ^a   Clark, Chris D ^a   Stokes, Chris R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLACIOLOGY; ICE MECHANICS; ICE STREAM; LAURENTIDE ICE SHEET;

ANTARCTICA;

EID: 33748698290     PISSN: 07057199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7202/013142ar     Document Type: Article

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