Evidence for a 55-50 ka (early Wisconsin) glaciation of the Cordilleran ice sheet, Yukon Territory, Canada

Quaternary Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 141-150

  Ward, Brent C ^a   Bond, Jeffrey D ^b   Gosse, John C ^c  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Yukon Geological Survey   (Canada)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cordilleran ice sheet; Cosmogenic nuclides; Dating; Glacial extent; Precipitation

Indexed keywords

BOULDER; CORDILLERAN ICE SHEET; COSMOGENIC RADIONUCLIDE; GLACIATION; GLACIER DYNAMICS; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); WISCONSINAN;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SAINT ELIAS MOUNTAINS; YUKON TERRITORY;

EID: 34250757159     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2007.04.002     Document Type: Article

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